Server messaging issues

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 08:26:27AM +0200, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> So, I tend to think we need to strongly link 'Ubuntu' and its applicability
> as a server so this kind of confusion doesn't set in. Here's my suggestion:
> We should always list the server CD as a 'flavour' of the official Ubuntu CD
> set, much like the LiveCD. For example:
> 
>  * Ubuntu 5.10
>  
>    - Desktop Installation CD -> a complete desktop environment with all the
>      applications you'd expect... and more! Includes a full office suite,
>      web browser, email and groupware client and even a few simple games.
>      
>    - Desktop Live CD -> a 'live' demonstration version of the Ubuntu desktop
>      that you can safely run on your computer without changing your existing
>      operating system. A great way to show off Ubuntu to your friends!
>    
>    - Server Installation CD -> built specifically for server administrators,
>      this modified CD installs a minimal Ubuntu server system and includes
>      installable packages for many popular Open Source server tools such as
>      Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.

The ubuntu-server thing for Breezy was a hack. The reason it didn't
happen properly, as you describe, was that I only heard about the
requirement for a server CD about a week before release when already
overloaded with things to do, and I had to implement it in the quickest
possible way in the seeds and on cdimage, which happened to be creating
a new project (there already being plenty of support for that for
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc.).

I see no reason why we couldn't reorganise it properly for Dapper.

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]