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Date:      Sun, 2 Jul 2000 18:34:32 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <200007030034.SAA02496@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <395F9B93.E658486F@softweyr.com>
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> > > Being a server platform does not mean that you have to ship with lots
> > > of servers, it means you provide a stable, well-preforming environment
> > > on which one can run those servers.
> > 
> > Agreed, but some would say that FreeBSD *does* ship with a lot of
> > servers: sendmail, bind, sshd, rlogind, rshd, telnetd, ftpd, ntpd, nis,
> > nfs, uucp, ...
> 
> Many of the above are needed on all network-connected systems; dhcpd is 
> typically needed only on one server per DHCP "domain".

I disagree.  Bind, ntpd, uucp, and one can stretch the argument to
include sendmail if you squint a bit are also very much 'one per domain'
servers as well.

As an anti-bloatist, I would argue that DHCP isn't appropriate in
FreeBSD.  As far as that goes, I think uucp should go out the window, as
I bet than less than 1% of the user base has a use for it.

On the other hand, I install a DHCP server one the 'one' machine in my
system that runs the single copy of bind, ntpd, and sendmail, so I
wouldn't argue too much if we included it in the base system. :)




Nate


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