SSH and the Ubuntu Server

[Clint Byrum]

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 10:57 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Serge Hallyn
> <serge.hallyn at canonical.com> wrote:
> > Quoting Clint Byrum (clint at ubuntu.com):
> >> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 15:38 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > This proposal requests that:
> >> >  1) a new prompt be added to the Ubuntu Server installer
> >> >  2) this prompt be dedicated to the boolean installation, or
> >> > non-installation, of the SSH service, as an essential facet of a
> >> > typical server
> >>
> >> +1 for adding this prompt
> >>
> >> >  3) the cursor highlights the affirmative (yes, please install SSH),
> >> > but awaits the user's conscious decision
> >> >
> >>
> >> -1 for having it default to Yes.
> >
> > Forgive me if the answer is obvious - but how is this any
> > better then than simply expecting users to click 'ssh server'
> > in the tasksel window which always comes up?
> 
> It's not any better, Serge.  :-(
> 

I think "better" or "worse" needs some kind of metric to be objective.