From: Daniel Campbell <dlcampbell@gmx.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] removing the server profiles...
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:23:06 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50F70C2A.8000108@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+czFiC_J6fO5RW8JeXrbTTfc+UwbuCf2P7R_LFS0BRDRJ4+Xw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/16/2013 08:12 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Panagiotis Christopoulos
> <pchrist@gentoo.org> 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.
>
> The problem, I think, is that 'server' is a very generic thing. Am
> I looking for a NAS? A SAN? A web server? A proxy server? An X11
> application server? A font server? VOIP?
>
> If people who use the server profile are looking for a minimalist
> profile, I think they'd probably be best served with a profile
> that's specifically designed for "we disable everything we can to
> still wind up with a working stage 3. Enable what you need from
> there."
>
> That also suggests a way to help automate maintenance; if building
> a stage 3 with the minimal profile fails, then either the package
> has a bug or the profile needs an update...with a strong bias
> toward the former.
>
Agreed. An extremely minimal profile would also interest those looking
to learn the fundamentals of Gentoo or come from other distros that
start with almost nothing. I'd certainly be interested in testing that
profile on a separate machine.
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Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-15 23:36 [gentoo-dev] removing the server profiles Andreas K. Huettel
2013-01-16 0:01 ` Samuli Suominen
2013-01-16 4:20 ` Sergey Popov
2013-01-16 9:19 ` Markos Chandras
2013-01-16 4:57 ` "Paweł Hajdan, Jr."
2013-01-16 6:52 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2013-01-16 6:53 ` Samuli Suominen
2013-01-16 13:32 ` [gentoo-dev] " Panagiotis Christopoulos
2013-01-16 14:12 ` Michael Mol
2013-01-16 20:23 ` Daniel Campbell [this message]
2013-01-16 14:16 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-16 19:18 ` Doug Goldstein
2013-01-16 19:37 ` Matthew Thode
2013-01-16 20:01 ` Mike Gilbert
2013-01-16 20:56 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-16 14:16 ` Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
2013-01-16 18:33 ` Ben de Groot
2013-01-16 17:32 ` Alexis Ballier
2013-01-17 8:32 ` Dustin C. Hatch
2013-01-17 19:00 ` Zac Medico
2013-01-16 21:14 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2013-01-16 22:53 ` Panagiotis Christopoulos
2013-01-16 23:59 ` How a proper server profile should look like (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] removing the server profiles...) Andreas K. Huettel
2013-01-17 2:23 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-17 8:34 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2013-01-17 12:09 ` Michael Mol
2013-01-20 4:47 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-20 15:14 ` Panagiotis Christopoulos
2013-01-21 4:16 ` Peter Stuge
2013-01-21 5:27 ` Ben de Groot
2013-01-21 8:01 ` Ralph Sennhauser
2013-01-21 17:51 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: How a proper server profile should look like Dustin C. Hatch
2013-01-21 19:28 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-22 3:20 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-22 7:22 ` Ben de Groot
2013-01-22 12:09 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-22 2:36 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-22 7:29 ` Ben de Groot
2013-01-22 8:03 ` Alexander Berntsen
2013-01-22 12:12 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-22 13:06 ` Alexander Berntsen
2013-01-23 0:46 ` Walter Dnes
2013-01-22 20:17 ` Duncan
2013-01-21 16:25 ` How a proper server profile should look like (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] removing the server profiles...) Ben Kohler
2013-01-17 8:35 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2013-01-17 12:12 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: How a proper server profile should look like Michael Palimaka
2013-01-17 3:17 ` [gentoo-dev] removing the server profiles Rich Freeman
2013-01-17 19:27 ` Christopher Head
2013-01-17 19:32 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-17 19:56 ` Christopher Head
2013-01-17 20:02 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-17 20:36 ` Markos Chandras
2013-01-19 0:01 ` Christopher Head
2013-01-19 8:26 ` Ben de Groot
2013-01-19 10:26 ` Rich Freeman
2013-01-19 10:47 ` Ben de Groot
2013-01-19 17:05 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2013-01-19 17:20 ` Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
2013-01-19 19:23 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ian Stakenvicius
2013-01-18 23:11 ` Joshua Saddler
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