make mail go somewhere by default [was Re: please deactivate services by default!]

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le jeudi 25 septembre 2008 à 16:43 -0400, Colin Walters a écrit :
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Debarshi Ray <debarshi.ray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just hit upon gnubiff. What do you think of it? Can we get it to
> > notify users who don't use the ttys about mail? I have never used it
> > myself, so I am not sure.
> 
> No, we're not going to install biff by default on the desktop - aside
> from custom cron jobs there is no reason for the default OS to be
> generating email.  Things like smartctl should be integrated with HAL
> and generally be handled the same way e.g. the low disk space
> notification works now.

But they are not right now, aren't they?
Some of those things protect from data failure. Are we going to dump the
old airbag system in the hope than someday another one will materialise
and no one will have any accident in the meanwhile?

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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