+1 for switching the default...we should send a notice to the user list as a courtesy though.
Thanks -Ben On Jan 7, 2013 6:54 PM, "Dagobert Michelsen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Am 07.01.2013 um 16:48 schrieb İhsan Doğan <[email protected]>: > > Am 07.01.2013 16:26, schrieb Maciej Bliziński: > >> We're currently defaulting to automatically start services after > >> installation. For example, when you install MySQL packages, the > >> database starts up without any additional commands. For MySQL this is > >> harmless enough, but as a general rule it goes against intuitions and > >> expectations of sysadmins. > >> > >> I propose that we change the default to not start services by default. > > > > I fully agree on that. I've set on all my machines the autostart to "no" > and as most admins, I don't like services starting automatically. Most > package repositories are working this way. > > > > Our target are not the end-users. Our users are admins and even those > who using the first time Solaris and OpenCSW can handle services, that do > not start automatically. > > Definitely. IMHO we should just reverse the default for autostart_daemons > in csw.conf > to be off by default. > > > Best regards > > -- Dago > > -- > "You don't become great by trying to be great, you become great by wanting > to do something, > and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process." - xkcd > #896 > > _______________________________________________ > maintainers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers > .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
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