Re: [gentoo-desktop] Openssh really needed in desktop profiles?

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Sunday 25 February 2007 20:14:22 Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 15:09 +0000, Duncan wrote:
> > Why is openssh (as virtual/ssh) part of the desktop profiles?
>
> Uhh... Because I like it and people expect it to be there.  You're more
> than capable of removing it from your system.

'cept since it's in the profile it's considered part of system, so a great 
many emerges (particularly emerge -avtuND world) want to bring it back in.  
The package.provided and editing virtuals hacks should be unnecessary to 
have 
a system without an ssh daemon installed.

> Feel free to bring it up, but the desktop profile is maintained by
> Release Engineering since it is used to build release media.  I have no
> intentions on removing it, since I see it as invaluable.

It is invaluable for the release media.  I don't want to see it missing 
from 
there.

> My personal belief is that the profiles shouldn't be removing
> requirements on things unless they're incompatible.

My personal belief is that the profiles should be minimalistic, only 
bringing 
in thing that are really required -- but perhaps, I should be using the 
parent profile of desktop instead, then?

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