On 13-05-13 06:16, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:01 AM, Philip Hands wrote: > >> I don't know about you, but I find it quite reassuring to be able to >> confirm that the first half of an install is going pretty well when I >> get to see the "useless" dummy page from Apache. I'd imagine someone >> installing their first web server would also find that reassuring (I >> still remember grinning broadly when first seeing it). If it were also >> their first Debian server, then forcing them to find an extra ON switch >> after installing apache just seems like an extra and unneeded barrier. > > I think it would be better for apache to ask via debconf which vhosts > you want to setup and which directories/configs/etc they should use.
No. Absolutely not. Configuring a daemon through debconf is useful only for the most simple of daemons. I did it for nbd-server, and am starting to regret that decision. For apache, you'll need to fine-tune the configuration in almost every case, which will then cause annoying UCF prompts at every upgrade. >> The "should it run on install?" question is a matter of taste and >> judgement, which is why it is not the case with rsyncd. > > We have debconf to resolve matters of taste. There is such a thing as overuse of debconf. -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5194cf04.6030...@debian.org
