drop default MTA for Fedora 15

[Paul Howarth]

On 24/08/10 15:13, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Michael Cronenworth<mike at cchtml.com>  said:
>> Chris Adams wrote:
>>> What do we gain by not having any MTA installed (other than a little bit
>>> of disk space)?  I understand that "a little bit of disk space" can add
>>> up quick, but a local queueing MTA is a pretty standard part of a Unix
>>> system.
>>
>> Why are you complaining? If your package needs an MTA - put in a Requires!
>
> It seems that this thread is trying to eliminate those requirements.
> The mdadm package doesn't currently require MTA (needed for monitoring).
> If the Requires was added, what would be the response (since the
> proposal is to remove any MTA from the default package set)?
>
>> Why do we need packages installed "just because?"
>
> I guess I assumed that Fedora is still providing a Unix-like system.
> There are a number of things in the Base package set that are there
> "just because" this is still a Unix-like system, not because they are
> required by any other installed software.  How many users use "at" or
> "bc" (well, I use "dc" all the time)?

I use "at" on a regular basis, to schedule large downloads and uploads 
when my ADSL bandwidth becomes unmetered after midnight.

And I like getting the resulting email in the morning showing that all 
went well, or not as the case may be.

Paul.