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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: Aisha Tammy <gentoo.dev@×××××.cc>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, pr@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [REVIEW] News Item - 2020-10-17-display-manager-init
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:50:52
Message-Id: u8sbxpei8@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [REVIEW] News Item - 2020-10-17-display-manager-init by Aisha Tammy
1 >>>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Aisha Tammy wrote:
2
3 > and remove 'xdm' from the default runlevel and add 'display-manager':
4
5 > rc-update del xdm default
6 > rc-update add display-manager default
7
8 So, no automatic upgrade path for users? I am asking again, what is the
9 rationale for renaming?
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11 I agree that "display-manager" might be a slightly better name than
12 "xdm", but that's more than outweighted by the trouble that the renaming
13 would impose on users.
14
15 Ulrich

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