On Friday 23 March 2001 07:33, Daniel Woods wrote:
> > > (1) We assume that when you want a server installed, that most
> > > probably means that you want it activated because you will use it ;
> >
> > Not necessarily. The assumption was not 100% valid because the logic
> > is: when I install something it doesn't mean that I want it to run
> > right away. For example:
>
[...]
> Just because we install a service, does not mean we are immediately
> ready to run it. People who have worked in government, universities,
> or large corporate companies will understand the politics involved,
> and how sometimes decisions move slowly. Yuch!
>
Mandrake doesn't do this with everything. I installed Webmin ages ago and
I've only just found out that I have to go to /usr/share/webmin and run
the setup.sh before it can be used.
That's probably a good example of how it *should* be done and ought to
apply to *all* services - with the appropriate notification so that we
know what to do.
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