On Thu, Apr 02 2009, Nuno Magalhães wrote: >>> is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having >>> it automatically started afterwards? > > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't > Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or at least ask > while installing if such daemon is to be started automatically (like > sshd does, i think)?
The argument is that if the user did not want the daemon started, they would not have installed the package. And while there can be a debconf question about it starting, the questions should be of low priority (I insatlled the package, didn't I? why ask me over and over whether I really really want it running?), and the default should be yes. This is why Debian has debconf -- so that any critical configuration should be done at install, and there should be reasonable, non-obnoxious defaults set by the package anyway. There are mechanisms by which the site admin can tailor the selection of daemons that start -- but the default should be I installed it, and I installed it for a reason, so I want the thing running. Or so the reasoning goes. manoj -- Journalism is literature in a hurry. Matthew Arnold Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@acm.org> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org