On 1 February 2013 15:57, Miloslav Trmač <mitr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> In any case, to look at 'we have this functionality... now what': > > For the sake of completeness, the default is 0) Avoid all the > arguments and work, and continue using existing files. > > Is there actually a noticeable benefit in migrating? We will help > Linux win neither on the desktop nor in the cloud by tinkering with > something admins are not supposed to touch :) > > So far I can see: > A. Disk space usage in minimal systems has been mentioned: but cronie > is 200 kB, that's almost a waste of breath. > B. Cron's facility to submit jobs by unprivileged users to a daemon > running as root is a possible privilege escalation path; removing it > from the minimal (or even default) installation would remove a > possible risk (as long as we don't introduce an equivalent one as a > replacement.) > C. If we remove cron, is there anything left that needs the local MTA? > Removing the local MTA would be similar to removing cron, only more > so. I expect that in that case, systemd would expand until it became an MTA .. whether or not the main developers wanted it to :). Every program attempts to expand until it can send mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. [misquoted from Zawinski] -- Stephen J Smoogen. "Don't derail a useful feature for the 99% because you're not in it." Linus Torvalds "Years ago my mother used to say to me,... Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." —James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
