Re: [gentoo-dev] removing the server profiles...

[Doug Goldstein]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
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> On 16/01/13 08:32 AM, Panagiotis Christopoulos wrote:
>> On 00:36 Wed 16 Jan     , Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>>> several people have pointed out to me that the 10.0 -> 13.0
>>> transition would be a good moment to finally remove the (also in
>>> my opinion rather useless) server profiles.
>>>
>>
>> The server profiles are not useless, if we can maintain them, and
>> if they actually are, nowadays, they shouldn't be.
>>
>> -1, unless other profile options being offered are "minimal" enough
>> for the job and enabling certain things that someone may need in a
>> server.
>>
>
> Just to summarize the last massive thread on this:
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> 1 - they aren't maintained; they haven't changed for years

I think you're confusing updates with maintenance. They work fine as
is therefore no need for updates.

>
> 2 - the only difference between server profiles and the base profile
> is USE="+snmp" and maybe one other flag

USE="-perl -python snmp truetype xml"

>
> 3 - there isn't any general consensus on what makes a server, as such
> there isn't any consensus on how to make server profiles more useful.

Just make the base profile as minimal as possible and people will be happy.


>
> ... i think that's about it?
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> PS: +1 from me.
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Doug Goldstein