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On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 15:09 +0000, Duncan wrote: |
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> OK, I've not seen this dealt with on any of the Gentoo groups/lists I'm |
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> in since at least early 2004, there's nothing I can find about it on |
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> bugs, and for some reason my package.provided entry quit working, |
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> bringing the question back to the front burner. |
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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 decided |
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> to bring it up here to see what desktop folks thought, before bothering |
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> the entire dev list with the idea. If it gets shot down here, then no |
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> need to bring it up there. I keep thinking that /someone/ must have |
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> asked the question before, but I haven't seen it in three years now, so |
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> 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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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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