Installing a compiler by default

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:09:38PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> The question is, whether the inconvenience to the user is worth it.

That's my point exactly, but I disagree with your conclusion.  The odds of a
user being protected against a system compromise (especially a desktop user)
are miniscule, while there are plenty of genuine, documented cases of people
installing an Ubuntu system being stopped in their tracks because it's
non-trivial to get access to these packages.

> There appears to be no consensus on this, and without consensus I don't
> think we should change.  Best practices are there to guide you when you
> don't have consensus or technical reasons to change.

One man's best practice is another's superstition. ;-)

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 - mdz