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Index of Subjects On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Jeff Warnica wrote: > > > As a result our mailer, httpd, ftpd, etc are installed under CS_ROOT... > > UNLESS this 'guiding principal' is overturned, all CSuite files will > > still go under CS_ROOT > > Name an OS that dosent come with these things installed, or couldnt easily > be installed. Why are we reinventing the wheel? The short answer is: "We don't want to muck up somebody's perfectly good system! (if we can help it) On a system that has mail (or httpd) aliases configured, or any number of other custom configurations, if we go ahead and install over top we run the risk of trashing that configuration. This is not only a technical consideration, there's a 'marketing' element here. We don't want to trash someone's system and have them upset. We can't assume that someone installing CSuite will read the fine print, or will even fully understand the implications of various install options. This is most true with respect to trial/demonstration systems. I'm in full agreement with you that there are significant benefits to putting the mailer and httpd in standard locattions, but there are also potential problems that would need a foolproof solution and I'm not sure we can fool-proof humans. The people we can trust to undestand install options can sort this stuff out for themselves... the rest we need to provide a measure of protection for.... and the reason we're packaging CSuite is not for the professional system admin, it's for the sites that want to establish a community net but don't have a ton of technical resources. The wheel that we're reinventing here (where to put httpd) is _much_ smaller than the wheel we've already invented. david potter
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