Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc/etc
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/19/2003 08:39:20
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 07:10:34PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

 > > So is the web.  Which web server should we ship in the base?
 > 
 > We should ship with bozo-httpd in base, in my opinion. Yes, really. It
 > would be very nice to have one available by default without having to
 > fiddle with pkgsrc and bozo-httpd does what we want -- simple small
 > httpd without many security gaps possible. "Real" sites can build
 > Apache of course.

And why do I need a web server installed *at all* on my workstation?

The same argument applies for a full-blown MTA... any "real" mail server
could build sendmail or postfix or qmail or exim from pkgsrc.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>