Comment 7 for bug 1860315
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| Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote Re: [Bug 1860315] Re: Default installation should be Local Only | #7 |
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On Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:52:00 AM EST you wrote:
> Thanks Scott. Sincere questions: do you have any evidence users
> appreciate the current default? I'm asking myself what is the use case
> in which a user wants postfix to be installed, listening on all
> interfaces and yet.. unconfigured?
>
> And thanks Robie. Yeah, I honestly had no idea that the option would
> have caused mail loss the moment the package got installed. I normally
> don't worry too much about debconf options, because I know I can change
> them later, and trust the maintainer to set a default that won't hurt.
> This is one of those few cases where it isn't safe.
It's impossible to know, but I think the case for changing a long-term default
needs to be stronger than "I wasn't paying attention when I installed the
package and it caused problems". That may sound harsh, but that's how it
comes across to me. No configuration is an option. If I am understanding
correctly, all you had to do was select it.
Scott K