On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 00:19 -0400, Jeff Licquia wrote: > All we need to do is... > > Depends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent > > ...and the right thing happens. > > (The "default-mta" package is provided by exim4-daemon-light.)
I'm confused. I want to submit a bug report, but I need to understand things properly first. After a fresh install of Wheezy, selecting only the base packages, desktop environment packages, and print server packages, exim4-daemon-light is installed by default anyway. Thus, the entire subject at hand should never really be an issue for Debian users, it only seems to be a problem for Canonical. Talk about the tail wagging the dog... If we get rid of lsb-invalid-mta, and make "default-mta | mail-transport-agent" a dependency of lsb-core as you say, then people who have removed exim4 after installation are going to get it installed for them again, including an active SMTP daemon, when they install lsb-core. This is fine, however, either one of the following must be true: 1) The lsb-invalid-mta package description is correct; having an active SMTP daemon introduces a hideous and unnecessary attack vector, Linux machines don't belong in server halls anymore, they don't have static IP addresses, and everyone uses Gmail and Hotmail anyway. or: 2) Debians default behaviour is correct; having an active SMTP daemon is sufficiently useful, safe and common that we should install it by default on all systems. If 1) is true, then we need a package which provides sendmail without installing an SMTP daemon. If 2) is true, then your solution mentioned above is fine. However, they can't both be true. Thoughts? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1372251045.1871.25.camel@wotan
