On Jun 25, 2007, at 22:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, I do think that having a +server variant is pointless and
adds
needless hassle, and probably the result of a paranoid standpoint on
security. As soon as 1.5 comes out the startupitem is disabled by
default
(as my instructions assume, and as it was supposed to be from the
start),
and I really think enough grief and confusion has been encountered
over
this that it really should be terminated with extreme prejudice. I
think
those arguing for keeping the server variant should list the
reasons and
let us debate them point-by-point. And I'm going to frown on "because
someone will commit a mysql5-server port any time now anyway"
because that
one's a bit old by now.
So James has just given up maintainership of mysql5 (see r26483),
leaving just me, and I would like to make +server the default, and
have a variant for turning it off for those few people who don't want
it.
What should the variant be called? "+no_startupitem" would be
consistent with the ports apache2 and apache20, but it sounds weird
to me, since on 10.4+, it wouldn't install a startup item anyway; it
would install a launchctl plist. I like "+no_server" which would be
consistent with the ports vnc and tightvnc. Comments?
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