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).


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