RFC: -server packages universe demotions and main promotions

[J Jude]

I second the desire to keep NIS in main.


On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:54, Reinhard Tartler <siretart at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Mathias Gug <mathiaz at ubuntu.com> writes:
>
>> The Ubuntu Server team would like to get your feedback on whether the packages
>> listed below should be demoted to universe or promoted to main.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> == Proposed universe demotion ==
>>
>>  # nis
>
> Especially in university environments, nis is still really used a lot.
> At least at the place I work, all our student and employee user
> databases handled for unix systems are maintained in nis.  True, ldap is
> superiour in many ways, but unless there is a compelling reason for
> demoting it, I'd rather have it in main.