OT: Policy (was Re: Openssh-server installation in etch)
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Paul E Condon wrote:
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>> I suppose one should have some idea how to network administration before
>> setting up a network server in the first place, and it does help to read
>> the documentation.
>>
>> Joe
>
> I disagree about people who don't know what they are doing. I like
> Debian for many reasons. An important reason is that I can try to do
> things that I don't know how to do, and learn. Sometimes when I try, I
> also complain when my ignorance leads me to believe that something in
> Debian should different. Sometimes, I have to argue a bit before I
> realize the error of my argument.
Point taken. That is a valid reason. That is the same reason I
switched from Kubuntu to Debian in the first place. To learn how and
what the system was doing and disagreeing with the fact that things
should be made simpler to make them more user friendly, and hide
functionality in the process.
> Tim should realize that installing ssh server without proper
> configuration is not something that any distribution should ever
> do. The Debian alternative is, perhaps, more difficult than he would like,
> but I expect he will learn to live with an alternative.
Fully agree here.
> Whether the current Debian alternative is the best, is a reasonable
> topic of discussion. I can't contribute to that discussion. But I have
> confidence that whatever changes are made, they will not be the result
> of unthinking copying of the way some other distribution deals with the
> issue.
I don't know about that, but we can hope. At least here it is democratic.
> Again, thanks to all the people on this list who have treated me politely
> when I have made similar complaints.
I second that.
Joe
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