On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jesse Keating jkeating@redhat.com wrote:
We have a server spin, and it's boot.iso/netinst.iso. And no, I am not joking. Servers are installed by starting with the smallest possible package set to get the system booted and on the network, then adding the specific functionality you want the server to perform, such as http server, or mail server. Nothing more. It is the very essence of start from nothing, add what you want.
...add what you want, and have PolicyKit pulled in as a dependency.
When this discussion came up I tried doing a yum erase PolicyKit on one of my systems and had it offer to remove some 372 package, including xorg-x11-drivers.
I don't mind at all that I have to type my administrator password in to do root privileged things on my desktop or laptop. I don't want the normal security model to be circumvented in odd ways.
And I really wanted a batteries-not-included server I'd install gentoo.