Re: DM info variants for the new xdm init.d script

Michał Górny posted on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:30:22 +0200 as excerpted:

> 2) separate init.d scripts
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> 
> This one is even heavier but more clean. This way, we only keep
> a minimal subset of DM-related code in common, and let every DM install
> its own init.d script. This way, we keep them clean and flexible.
> 
> On the other hand, that would introduce a lot of repeating code,
> and user would need to explicitly add appropriate DM to the runlevel.

Consider this a user vote for this one.

Perhaps put the common code in some sort of dependency (the initscripts 
could source a common base), and let each ?DM install its own init-script 
front-end.

That would allow users (like me) who don't use a ?DM (text login, custom 
scripts that do some setup and run startx) to kill the initscripts and 
associated infrastructure (in the common dependency), currently shipping 
with xorg-server, for them.

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