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Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> posted |
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1172456062.8807.11.camel@××××××××××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Sun, |
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25 Feb 2007 21:14:22 -0500: |
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Doncan inquired... |
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>> Why is openssh (as virtual/ssh) part of the desktop profiles? |
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> Uhh... Because I like it and people expect it to be there. You're more |
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> than capable of removing it from your system. |
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>> Anyway, I think at least a discussion might be worthwhile, and I |
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>> decided to bring it up here to see what desktop folks thought, before |
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>> bothering the entire dev list with the idea. If it gets shot down |
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>> here, then no need to bring it up there. I keep thinking that |
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>> /someone/ must have asked the question before, but I haven't seen it in |
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>> three years now, so it can't be /too/ much of a FAQ. |
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> Feel free to bring it up, but the desktop profile is maintained by |
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> Release Engineering since it is used to build release media. I have no |
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> intentions on removing it, since I see it as invaluable, but if a |
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> convincing enough argument were made, I could see *some* concessions on |
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> it. My personal belief is that the profiles shouldn't be removing |
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> requirements on things unless they're incompatible. |
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Well, my only argument is the accepted wisdom that any app left installed |
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but unused on a system, particularly if it's a net app, is a security |
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vulnerability only waiting a most inconvenient time to show itself. |
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As I said, for some reason package.provided simply isn't working for ssh |
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ATM, for whatever reason. However, it's brought in by virtual/ssh, and |
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by creating an /etc/portage/profiles/virtuals and pointing virutal/ssh at |
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something convenient, in this case baselayout, I cured the problem a |
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different way. =8^) |
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Having safely hidden the system-dep-that-isn't-a-dep once again, it's not |
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a big enough deal to find the motivation to be all that convincing if the |
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above argument doesn't do it, so well enough left alone... until the next |
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time it wants to merge for whatever reason. =8^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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