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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in server profiles
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:38:06
Message-Id: 20101030013751.GB9386@comet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in server profiles by Thomas Sachau
1 On 15:46 Fri 29 Oct , Thomas Sachau wrote:
2 > Which raises the question, if those people, who want to install a
3 > minimal server will mostly use apache or something different. And
4 > especially for minimal setups, i dont think that apache will be the
5 > first choice, so i agree with the removal of those USE flags from
6 > default IUSE. The profile is intended to have a minimal set of flags,
7 > i would call apache an additional optional flag, not a default option
8 > for minimal server setups.
9
10 I'm not sure when this transition happened, as profile USE flags have
11 traditionally been a reasonable default set rather than a minimal set.
12 This gives people who don't have much experience with Gentoo a decent
13 chance at getting a working system on their first try. For people who
14 have more experience, it's not exactly difficult to change things.
15
16 --
17 Thanks,
18 Donnie
19
20 Donnie Berkholz
21 Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux
22 Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in server profiles Thomas Sachau <tommy@g.o>