Fedora Server Spin

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 01:24:37 UTC 2007


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

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