On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Thayer Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So long as *someone* is willing to maintain the the rc.d scripts, I'm > fine with keeping them around. Personally, I have always used the > inittab method--I think it _is_ documented somewhere as The Best Way > To Do Things =) > > If we ever reach a point where devs don't want to maintain this kind > of fluff, we could look at the deprecating the scripts as mentioned. > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Pierre Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> One should start kdm via inittab. >>>> >>>> I agree with Pierre, except for the rc.d script point - too many >>>> people use it, and all the other login managers have rc.d scripts to. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Isn't there a little problem here? >>> People should use inittab, yet many people use rc.d scripts. >>> It is probably not a big deal since I guess both methods usually work >>> fine, but maybe it should be somehow made clearer that inittab is the >>> preferred way. >>> For example by deprecating the rc.d scripts and planning a future >>> removal instead of removing them now. >> >> Who said people should use inittab? Is this documented somewhere as >> The Only Way To Ever Do Things? I use the slim rc.d script and have >> for ages. I don't see anything wrong with providing choice. >> >> >
Ugh! Sorry for top posting before...my greasemonkey scripts are down at the moment. Does anyone mind if I update the kde-common i686 package to remove the artwork stuff? I see Tobias is the maintainer, but he's currently away right? I'll be out for the morning, but I'd like to get this wrapped up when I get back.
