From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KkIMT-0007QE-Mq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73A75E05AF; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.hdrinc.com (omac-inexhts01.hdrinc.com [64.253.166.139]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8E7E05AF for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OMAC-INEXMBX01.intranet.hdr ([10.4.8.21]) by omac-inexhts01.intranet.hdr ([10.4.8.9]) with mapi; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:22 -0500 From: "Spahn, Daniel" To: "gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org" Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:22 -0500 Subject: RE: [gentoo-server] Questions about Server Thread-Topic: [gentoo-server] Questions about Server Thread-Index: AckiMsAjztBn4stoSMK3RR+4QFRJdwAAFA2A Message-ID: References: <20080924190642.T60035@shell.bway.net> <48E08665.9040100@vanalteren.nl> <20080929132108.63e09209@robbieab.com> <48E0C89E.6000504@gentoo.org> <20080929135551.0423e7fa@robbieab.com> In-Reply-To: <20080929135551.0423e7fa@robbieab.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: ad3511f4-b954-4ed1-97d7-31af8a33638a X-Archives-Hash: ef39be78c58e4854c3a72e5575a13c5d -----Original Message----- From: Robert Bridge [mailto:robert@robbieab.com] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 8:56 AM To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Questions about Server On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:22:54 -0500 Andrew Gaffney wrote: > > Robert Bridge wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:56:45 -0500 > > > "Spahn, Daniel" wrote: > > > > > >> Is this project about how to configure Gentoo as a server OS, or is > > >> it about creating a branch of Gentoo dedicated to being a server? > > >> In either case, I have some suggestions... > > > > > > The former. > > > > Actually, it was originally the latter, but that project failed long > > ago due to lack of time/interest on the part of the people working on > > it. It's basically become the former. > > My apologies. I had not realised that, as that would be a project I > would be interested in. > > I had been considering an overlay based structure, but never got very > far with my thinking. I'm not much of a coder, but I'll help how I can. I have a couple of server= s running Gentoo, and plenty of ideas. Dan