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Choice was already made when they installed it with xyz features available.

If it was so important they never should have packaged it in the first place. -Minimal option is the obvious reasonable choice, unless trying to be an arse to make a point, since you're changing a users choice after the fact.

Are we going to stop compiling sshd with plaintext pw options and root login, and suddenly?

If a user has an option enabled you don't like anymore, notify them, don't blindly remove functionality and say "your fault for not reading the changelogs".

Frankly the security claims ring more of hyperbole than anything



> If a user has an option enabled you don't like anymore, notify them, don't blindly remove functionality and say "your fault for not reading the changelogs".

apt shows the NEWS file during update when there's a change. These users not only have chosen to actively ignore the warning that has been shown to them by default, they've also chosen to directly go to upstream to complain instead of first their distributions channels.




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