On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * w3m # we need some text-based html presenter > > I'd like to formally cast doubt on this statement from the standard seed. > This was originally added a long time ago in order to provide a text-based > browser for use on servers, at a time when the default server installation > was a strict subset of the desktop. It is completely superfluous on a > modern desktop. > > Now that this is becoming possible with the new server seed[1], I'd like to > propose that it move to the server seed instead (or even be removed, if the > server team doesn't feel it's appropriate). > > Note that wget, which is much smaller, simpler and more generally useful > (e.g. in scripts) is already in standard. > > [1] > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-Intrepid/Report/Server#head-27b6797bcec023c8714310edd0947ee48caaa8f2 >
Some form of console browser _is_ required - It's a common tool for me to manage and configure CUPS for example, or browse html documentation (and no, I don't want to have to install a server package on a desktop just to look at the documentation - I might be off-site, or even stuck using some other OS at the time) I'm all for removing cruft - but a text based browser is a small package with big benefits to many of us. Brian -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
