RE: Collision in 2006.0 GTK+ installer..

"Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn)" <[email protected]> Wed, 24 May 2006 12:15:29 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.installer
Message-ID <275654F2AE237D438ACC1FE2697CD8C91D17F854@nj7460exch008u.ho.lucent.com>
> Actually, a solution *might* be to *not* install the 
> syslogger and cron daemon before "extra packages".
> [much snippage]

Wow. Though, I can kind of see why it would do that. After all, postfix isn't installed (in your example), so there's no mailer for cron--Maybe if there was a selection around the spot you'd select ccache & such that lets you select "MTA of choice"?

> > Or just make postfix default MTA
> 
> This will never happen.  The second we change from ssmtp, 
> some jackass will want it switched to sendmail, then someone 
> else will want exim.  A MTA is one of those things that 
> people get rabidly obsessive over having
> *their* version as default, almost as much as editors.  The 
> simple solution is for us to just stick by our guns and to 
> not change it.

Fully agree here. Choice is a wonderful thing, no? :-D

Best,
--Glenn