Fedora Server Spin

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 01:27:13 UTC 2007


On 1/11/07, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/11/07, David Lutterkort <dlutter at redhat.com> wrote:
> > I created an initial skeleton list of packages[1] for the Fedora Serevr
> > spin [2]. The list was generated by looking at all the packages ('server
> > packages') in current Core and Extras Rawhide that own a file
> > in /etc/rc.d/init.d or /etc/init.d.
> >
> > The list is a first attempt at getting a package list together and needs
> > a lot more love from everybody; once this list is complete we'll look at
> > adding supporting packages like system-config-* and sendmail-cf.
> >
> > I classified all the server packages in one of three groups: Maybe,
> > Include, and Exclude. Things landed in Exclude mainly because they
> > either were game servers or because they seemed only useful on a
> > desktop. Packages in Maybe seem like they should be excluded, but I am
> > not sure.
> >
> > Anybody interested in Fedora Server should have a look at the package
> > list and let me know if they think a package should be classified
> > differently; for the Maybe group, I'd appreciate comments on whether the
> > packages should be included or not (e.g., should FSS support dynamic DNS
> > and include the various clients for dyndns.org etc. ?)
> >
> > David
> >
> > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFedoraServer/Packages
> > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFedoraServer
>
>
> * bluez-utils -
> Do people really use bluetooth on a server?
>
> Selfishly, I would like to see:
> * awstats
> * freenx/nx
> * xfce
>
> Others may want
> * tftp
> * tftp-server
>

Also selfishly, I would like to see the noip ddns client as part of
the server cd.

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Fedora Core 6 and proud




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