On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Dag Wieers wrote:
You gain one less package to check for updates and for corporate audits. We would not install gcc on production servers, whe we do not need it either.
Not disputing that - was asking if he was doing that too.
The real question should probably be, why does a generic package that identifies the system (redhat-lsb) and is required by 3rd party vendors require an optional package that provides printing support ?
If it would only depend on cups-libs, I would be less worried. But the fact that it actually requires cups (lpr) and X libraries seems very peculiar to me.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but LSB gives vendors a known environment to work with. Some of those vendors may require printing support. If it means that a vendor is more likely to write something for linux because they know that there are some distros out there working to help them, I think it's a worthwhile compromise. I can live with cups being there, turned off, if it means that I don't have to run Solaris.
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