From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64E62138010 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:12:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 320CE21C039; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f53.google.com (mail-oa0-f53.google.com [209.85.219.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E25C21C032 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:11:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j6so2749771oag.40 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:11:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=h5V4dH4Cm0IosG85bhMtxo2EBw719DcDFIKIXTAtviw=; b=pDBroGl4WadSRQ0vRzE+FKsQvxyqlmAh5F6Kvgt5H6NL8t1JnTUusAcDQ8lRpgit05 VW5Or5B8zX/BJDLDl3f8oTOA/30q3B/u8HQleHJFIM62wUhjU5Xx8FMwFKRzuTBK268H 0apeIqwXgAgymKgfLBSOfMCZ+ZOXkiEO8C7Z5dX8T98Jgm3oj1U4vzfmvdoYQJboXccU VmC5wcm0OuDand39QXmR6W6peIHSmj4f6YpDi/VuK2d6uZYAjDlBlz6g7cm9hQ7WHzro Sc8LZpH8dSTfPyBzRZehQP4JZBBvIIhxPFFxn4xRmVC6xhbMeR8ai3Jg+VgU+zy2Lp35 eICw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.22.104 with SMTP id c8mr3008922oef.2.1350033079911; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.151.8 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:11:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201210111522.17665.vapier@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:11:19 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: V5fVkPkcEDWON29oPooH_7oy8zA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal: removing "server" profile variants from profiles.desc From: Markos Chandras To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 078e4d86-aa08-440b-b320-08b386de0641 X-Archives-Hash: 90ed20c92d19414d66db68d4f7899b3e On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: >> +1. I want these profiles to *staty*. I am using this profile on my >> "home boxes". It is the most minimal profile as the rest of the >> profiles pull in too much useless stuff. What is wrong with these >> profiles anyway? > > Looking at the actual profiles themselves, using server vs the base > profile makes these changes: > USE="-perl -python snmp truetype xml" > > So, you're getting less perl/python support, but you're getting snmp, > truetype, and xml. > > I think overall you'd get a more minimal setup with the base profile, > and if you really want -perl/-python you could just set those in your > USE. I'd think that your home box would be more likely to benefit > from perl/python support on packages than having snmp support. But, > to each his own... > > I'd be all for there being an actual minimal profile, but I don't > think server really is that. > > Rich > Removing python and perl support is good enough to justify that this profile is "minimal" ;) Moreover, snmp is something you really want in 24/7 boxes. Anyhow, I see no reason to remove these profiles just because they are 'similar' to the base profile. But I do agree to remove the ewarn message as it a bit annoying if you update such systems often enough. -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2