On Sunday 29 March 2009 23:42:15 Adam Thornton wrote: > On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > Yes, I am suggesting that all distros should use the Bacula > > recommended > > configuration. We can then automate a lot of nice stuff. > > Look at this from the point of view of a distributor: > > *Every* application vendor believes his product is a special and > unique flower that deserves special treatment and should not have to > follow the rules for that distribution. > > It is in the distributor's interest to not believe any of them--even > if some of them are correct. > > There are battles worth fighting. This is not among them. You will > not win it. At most, you will irritate the people whose job it is to > make Bacula conform to the norms of the distribution it's being packed > with. Parameterize all installation directories as variables, > recommend everything under /opt at the Bacula site, tell everyone why, > recommend a procedure for relocating Bacula from wherever the vendor > put it, and then move on with life. >
Where did you get the idea I am fighting a battle? I don't view it that way. It is not a case of win or lose. Rather I have made my recommendation, and I have told everyone (including Scott) that they are free to choose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
