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> One of the better ways is simply to have it run, but in a safe way which do nothing. That would solve the issues the article describes, and would not be harmf
by _pmf_ 13y ago
> One of the better ways is simply to have it run, but in a safe way which do nothing. That would solve the issues the article describes, and would not be harmful.
I'd argue it would be worse. I'd rather have the program not run at all than have it preconfigured in a way that contradicts its regular operation and having to reconfigure it to make it work normally.
- belorn 13y agoIf you have to configure it in such way that it can't be done through sane defaults and install questions, then there are no normal operation. Any configuration is going to be unique to that installation. As such, there is no sane configuration that contradicts its "regular" operation, if there is no regular operation to begin with. Apache is a typical example here, as default installation provide no personal website, no web frame work, no kind of web site to speak of. Default here, is to do basically nothing and wait for the user to configure and install.