[arch-general] Display Manager rc.d scripts

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On 05/08/2011 08:19 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:
> Hello,
> can anyone think of a reason the rc.d scripts are added to kdm, gdm and
> slim? They are not recommended by anyone&  they are to be blame for
> occasional weird problems. The standard and IMO only way is to start
> them from inittab.
> They dont come from upstream&  i dont know when they were added, i
> remember them being there ever since i started using Arch, they may
> come from CRUX or something.
> I am considering requesting them removal from all display managers.
> In [0] Pierre said some people want to keep them for backwards
> compatibility. Backwards compatibility is desired only when something
> works correctly. Thoughts?
>
> [0]: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20109
>
So, lemme get this straight. You don't like the daemon method, therefore 
it should be removed? "they are to be blame for occasional weird 
problems" — not good enough.

On 05/08/2011 08:19 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:
 >The standard and IMO only way is to start
 >them from inittab.
Well obviously it's not the only one, whether you like it or not.

Nobody is forcing you to use the daemon method, there is no "default" 
(as someone already said).

On 05/08/2011 04:21 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:
 > Heiko Baums wrote:
 >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_boot
 > Thats the worst wiki page i've ever seen, on any wiki.

It's a public wiki, fix it, if you think it's bad.

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