On 16 Jan, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> Besides, most of the network services that come preinstalled with OS X
> out of the box are not started by default, either - the web server,
> remote access (RDC/SSH), etc.

        If i may play Devil's Advocate here, an OS installs a bunch of stuff  
w/o knowing whether a particular user will use them all.  As such, it  
is to be expected that you wouldn't want a bunch a bunch of un-needed  
processes chewing up RAM.  However, a user who intentionally installs  
a package could reasonably expect that package to be immediately  
usable.  Is there a way for fink to tell whether a package was  
installed directly or as a dependency?  If not, what would be the  
harm in creating an optional auto-start module??  As an aside, i  
don't use PostgreSQL [used to use mysql, but gave up the fussing and  
went with OpenOffice/Base].

Using a rusty Amiga 4000T, a rebuilt PowerBook G4, & a homebuilt  
Ubuntu box

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