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From: Richard Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in server profiles
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:59:58
Message-Id: 4CCCDB7C.4070007@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in server profiles by Thomas Sachau
1 On 10/30/2010 08:10 AM, Thomas Sachau wrote:
2 > If i remember it right, the server profile was created for those people, who only want a minimum
3 > amount of default profile enabled USE flags (so no desktop profile because of that), but on the
4 > other side dont want to do the additional work/checks/reading for hardened profiles (which have much
5 > less profile enabled USE flags, but also have the special gcc, glibc and Kernel), basicly a profile,
6 > which does the same as hardened profile without the specific hardened bits.
7 >
8 >
9
10 Isn't this essentially what the default profile is? Basically server is
11 just default + USE="apache2 ldap mysql snmp truetype xml".
12
13 Hmm, which of those flags is not like the others? Maybe it is needed
14 for a use-dependency/etc.
15
16 It seems like a not-quite-minimal and definitely not all-in-one set of
17 features. I could see if this were some kind of run-your-whole-network
18 appliance that threw in everything from DNS to mail to asterisk, and
19 with a canned set of integrated configuration files for turnkey
20 operation. I could see if we just stuck with the minimal default
21 profile. I just don't get having a LAMP box without the P, but with
22 ldap and snmp - oh, and truetype...
23
24 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in server profiles Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>