On 06/26/2013 08:50 AM, Aaron Sowry wrote: > 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.
If you ask me, lsb-invalid-mta's package description is basically the opinion of (some developers at) Canonical, and statement 2 is the correct one. We had a recent discussion about switching the default MTA in debian-devel, with very little to show for it: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/06/msg00010.html So I think we can take Debian's current behavior re: MTA as a given. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
