[Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#480661: ltsp-server: ltsp "compiler" should not depend on daemons

[Jonas Smedegaard]

package ltsp-server
clone 480661 -1
retitle -1 ltsp-server: Please package bootstrapping scripts separate from daemon recommendations
severity -1 wishlist
thanks

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:46:05PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
>my *intent* is that the ltsp-server-standalone provides a complete LTSP
>server,
[snip]
>the ltsp-server package provides a basic ltsp server,

Thanks for the clarification.  I understand now the relevancy of both 
packages.


>> If you do not want to expand with a new binary package, then how 
>> about lowering daemon dependencies to suggests for the ltsp-server 
>> package?

...and therefore agree that it does not make sense to relax dependencies 
of ltsp-server: It has a purpose different from -standalone.


>if those unusual cases [of installations without daemons] were more 
>common, i'd consider splitting it into a separate package.

The relevancy of bootstrapping tools being available untied to daemons 
is tied to bug #480664 (support for bootstrapping alien archs using 
qemu): I believe it not unusual to (want to[1]) serve LTSP for multiple 
archs from a single host.  And when you need an alien host to bootstrap 
LTSP for alien thin clients, I believe it makes sense to offer a package 
for that purpose.

Forking this bugreport as a wishlist request for such package. :-)


Kind regards,

   - Jonas


[1] I suspect that actual non-x86 LTSP environments are uncommon 
currently, as older newworld macs are tricky to netboot due to bugs in 
OpenFirmware (and newer macs are too expensive for use as thin clients). 
I am looking into this and hope to have an improved dhcpd.conf for you 
shortly. :-)

-- 
* Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt
* Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/

   - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-ltsp-devel/attachments/20080512/98b8b985/attachment-0001.pgp