auto configuration systems

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Ralf Mardorf schreef op 12-04-2017 19:26:
> Lets say you always install package "foo" and one day there is a
> hard dependency to package "bar". Package bar contains a service to
> start "bard", something that's bad for your needs.
> 
> When using Ubuntu "bard" gets automatically started, so you need to
> disable it.
> 
> When using Arch Linux the hard dependency gets installed, too, but
> "bard" doesn't get automatically started, so you have nothing to do,
> you still could use your script to set up everything.
> 
> Apart from this the Arch package management provides features Ubuntu
> doesn't provide and vice versa the Ubuntu package management provides
> features Arch Linux doesn't provide. Now take an educated guess what
> the target group of Ubuntu is and what the target group of Arch Linux
> is. The tools are made to fit to the users needs.
> 
> However, I don't try to change your mind, to migrate to Arch Linux. You
> asked a question, I gave an answer based on my experiences with Ubuntu
> and Arch Linux.

Sure but disabling services is not the worst thing in the world.

That wasn't even on my list of things to automate ;-).