please deactivate services by default!

[Horst H. von Brand]

Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> Chris Adams (cmadams at hiwaay.net) said: 
> > Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> said:
> > > This has *nothing* to do with upgrades. This is all about the desktop
> > > livecd only.
> > 
> > But the livecd "copy to hard drive" option is a quick-and-easy way to
> > install a system from a single CD, at which point this is NOT just about
> > the CD version.
> > 
> > The smallest thing you can download from Fedora and install (without
> > requiring network access during install) is the livecd, so that is a
> > common path to take.  You can then customize easily from there (but if
> > you don't know no local SMTP server was installed, you aren't liable to
> > go looking for it).
> 
> Sure, but...
> 
> - If you're just installing a single-user desktop, there's not really
>   a usage case for a local mail delivery agent

fetchmail for reading mail locally even when the network is slow or
nonexistent + being able to queue and route mail out, even if the machine
is network-less ATM and hops between networks (home, job, other).

> - If you're using it as a base for installing Some Other Thing, you're
>   already doing customization; this is just one more thing

It's just not nice to add unnecessary work for anyone doing this.

> - If you're installing a lab of machines you want to forward cron stuff
>   centrally, you're (hopefully) doing kickstart, not shoving the livecd
>   in each machine

Nodz.
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