Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal: removing "server" profile variants from profiles.desc

[Markos Chandras]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
>> +1. I want these profiles to *staty*. I am using this profile on my
>> "home boxes". It is the most minimal profile as the rest of the
>> profiles pull in too much useless stuff. What is wrong with these
>> profiles anyway?
>
> Looking at the actual profiles themselves, using server vs the base
> profile makes these changes:
> USE="-perl -python snmp truetype xml"
>
> So, you're getting less perl/python support, but you're getting snmp,
> truetype, and xml.
>
> I think overall you'd get a more minimal setup with the base profile,
> and if you really want -perl/-python you could just set those in your
> USE.  I'd think that your home box would be more likely to benefit
> from perl/python support on packages than having snmp support.  But,
> to each his own...
>
> I'd be all for there being an actual minimal profile, but I don't
> think server really is that.
>
> Rich
>

Removing python and perl support is good enough to justify that this
profile is "minimal" ;)
Moreover, snmp is something you really want in 24/7 boxes. Anyhow, I
see no reason to remove these profiles just
because they are 'similar' to the base profile. But I do agree to
remove the ewarn message as it a bit annoying if you
update such systems often enough.

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Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2