On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 10:37 -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 10:36 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 10:19 -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
>
> >
> > My previous objection was based on the precedent it sets. I don't want a
> > "Desktop" distribution in Fedora. I want a server-usable
distribution.
> > Sure, it's just a dep and one can go install an MTA. But today it's
> > killing the MTA, tomorrow it's removing something else that's useful
on
> > the server side of things. I want to see that trend stop and reverse.
>
> How about you become involved in the 'Server' SIG [1] then
Happy to do so. I also happen to believe that Fedora should have certain
server-useful characteristics out of the box (like Linux always has
done). That's my opinion, I've made it known, and now I'm done.
FWIW, I'm with Jon and Adam on this one. I just don't see how not having
an MTA by default is a win, except in disk space terms, and it takes up
a tiny amount of disk space (especially if we pick a lighter-weight one
than sendmail to be the default). I think it makes sense to keep one,
for all the good reasons they cited.
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