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Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> posted |
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200703031102.07481.prh@××××××××××.uk, excerpted below, on Sat, 03 Mar |
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2007 11:02:07 +0000: |
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> On Tuesday 27 February 2007 19:37:23 Duncan wrote: |
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>> The thing is, most other clients aren't part of system. (rsync and |
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>> wget are, for portage to use, but firefox isn't, and dhcpcd or other |
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>> dhcp client isn't, despite the number of folks using both, for |
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>> instance.) |
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> It sounds as though you'd like the openssh package to be split into two |
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> - a client and a server, analogously to, say, ntp. Is that right? |
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Well, that would be good too, security-wise, but I don't happen to need |
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either, and as it's not necessary to the normal functioning of a Gentoo |
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system, I fail to see why it's included in system, via virtual/ssh. Why |
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is it special? From my perspective, it should be merged if needed just |
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like any other package. If it's split as well (or the old client and |
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server USE flags proposal gets implemented), great, but I just don't see |
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why either one should be in system at all. |
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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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