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On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> please stop top posting. you're making a mess of this whole thread. |
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> sounds like we should extend the profiles.desc file or profile structure to |
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> include a description so that people know the intention of each one. the |
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> only |
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> marker we had before was implicitly in the name (".../server" and |
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> ".../desktop"). |
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> -mike |
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Sorry about that. |
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The addition of this extra info about the profiles sounds great, but back |
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to the original issue-- what *is* the intention of the server target? |
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Right now it seems like nothing more than a broken outdated vanity title, |
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for people who feel that using a "standard" profile on a server is icky. |
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No one actually believes that the server target's USE flags make any |
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sense, and no one has proposed what they SHOULD be. All that seems to be |
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established is a general feeling "don't take away our server profiles". |
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Whether it's time to flat out *remove* those profiles, I don't know. But |
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if these profiles aren't going to be updated or maintained in any way, I |
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believe that new users should be shielded from them. They are not a viable |
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or sensible choice for ANY new installation. In my ideal world ("if I were |
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king"), today I would delist them from profiles.desc, and send out a news |
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item warning of their immediate deprecation and planned removal 3 months |
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from now. |
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-Ben |
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