On 24/08/10 15:13, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Michael Cronenworth<mike@xxxxxxxxxx> said: >> Chris Adams wrote: >>> What do we gain by not having any MTA installed (other than a little bit >>> of disk space)? I understand that "a little bit of disk space" can add >>> up quick, but a local queueing MTA is a pretty standard part of a Unix >>> system. >> >> Why are you complaining? If your package needs an MTA - put in a Requires! > > It seems that this thread is trying to eliminate those requirements. > The mdadm package doesn't currently require MTA (needed for monitoring). > If the Requires was added, what would be the response (since the > proposal is to remove any MTA from the default package set)? > >> Why do we need packages installed "just because?" > > I guess I assumed that Fedora is still providing a Unix-like system. > There are a number of things in the Base package set that are there > "just because" this is still a Unix-like system, not because they are > required by any other installed software. How many users use "at" or > "bc" (well, I use "dc" all the time)? I use "at" on a regular basis, to schedule large downloads and uploads when my ADSL bandwidth becomes unmetered after midnight. And I like getting the resulting email in the morning showing that all went well, or not as the case may be. Paul. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
