Do I need avahi?

[poma]

On 07/28/2013 09:00 AM, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 28 July 2013, lee sent:
>> There are 224 packages depending on the avahi package --- that's
>> insane for something that isn't needed.
>>
>> Why are there so many packages depending on it? 
> 
> They might not *actually* need it.  i.e. They *may* make use of it for
> some features, that you *might* use, so they require it for those
> purposes.  But if you don't use those features, it doesn't need to be
> running.
> 
> Want an analogy?  CUPS might be forcefully installed as a requirement,
> yet I might have no printer.  Removing it would also remove a lot of
> things that I actually want to keep.  But I can simply stop the service,
> because it doesn't actually get used.
> 
> Stop the Avahi service.  The way Fedora is currently set up, if you
> disable something, it'll start it when it needs it.  (Annoying, I know.)
> You need to do something else (mask it, instead of disable it), to
> prevent it being started.  Think of "disabled" services as not running
> *now*.
> 

For users prone to outsmart distro by diminishing app prints I recommend
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org. ;)


poma