Re: More tasks option in Tasksel: what tasks do you want there? (reloaded)
Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> <sum-up>
>> It's looking like some of the options are confusing for both advanced
>> users and newbies. The technologies behind the tasks are hidden, and
>> there's no obvious way to know what will happen (other than looking at
>> the package source of tasksel in debian/control). For example:
>>
>> - database-server: commonly one would expect MySQL, and postgress gets
>> installed
> Isn't tasksel for people with no expectations? People who know
> something about the technology they are looking for will install the
> relevant packages instead of following tasksel recommendations.
Yes, and that's the problem. People with no expectations aren't going to
install a database server directly (for one thing, there's no standardized
way to interact with the server; you have to know at least basic
connection information that depends on the type). People with
expectations are going to immediately ask "but *which* database server?"
It's not like a mail server, where one can sort of assume you want SMTP in
and POP/IMAP out.
A task like "MySQL database server" would make sense, but at that point
it's not clear what you gain over just installing mysql-server.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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