On 01/16/2013 01:18 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Ian Stakenvicius <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16/01/13 08:32 AM, Panagiotis Christopoulos wrote: >>>> On 00:36 Wed 16 Jan , Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >>>>> several people have pointed out to me that the 10.0 -> 13.0 >>>>> transition would be a good moment to finally remove the (also in >>>>> my opinion rather useless) server profiles. >>>>> >>>> >>>> The server profiles are not useless, if we can maintain them, and >>>> if they actually are, nowadays, they shouldn't be. >>>> >>>> -1, unless other profile options being offered are "minimal" enough >>>> for the job and enabling certain things that someone may need in a >>>> server. >>>> > > Just to summarize the last massive thread on this: > > 1 - they aren't maintained; they haven't changed for years > >> I think you're confusing updates with maintenance. They work fine as >> is therefore no need for updates. > > > 2 - the only difference between server profiles and the base profile > is USE="+snmp" and maybe one other flag > >> USE="-perl -python snmp truetype xml" > > > 3 - there isn't any general consensus on what makes a server, as such > there isn't any consensus on how to make server profiles more useful. > >> Just make the base profile as minimal as possible and people will be happy. > > > > ... i think that's about it? > > PS: +1 from me. >> > > >
Agreed on making the base copy as minimal as possible. (which it is, at least good enough for me). -- -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)
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