On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Clint Adams wrote: > > Ok, let's bring this back to implementation. How would you propose we > > handle > > this? Currently daemons install, set themselves up, and begin running. > > > > a) we can prompt. > > b) we leave everything off and let the admin turn it on (not an option for > > obvious reasons) > > c) first come first serve -- first daemon installed does its job, the rest > > install unconfigured > > > > any others? > > d) have something that keeps track of installed services, perhaps with > priorities akin to alternatives. If there weren't an issue of > services being run either in inetd or standalone, this could > be accomplished with a souped-up update-inetd.
I'll stick my hand up for option (c). The effort involved in modifiying configurations is marginal. Anand.