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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: Aisha Tammy <gentoo.dev@×××××.cc>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Refactor display manager openrc init scripts to independent package
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 18:18:59
Message-Id: uh7r2j663@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Refactor display manager openrc init scripts to independent package by Aisha Tammy
1 >>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, Aisha Tammy wrote:
2
3 > On 10/10/20 8:00 AM, Joonas Niilola wrote:
4 >>>  - xdm init.d is replaced by display-manager init.d script
5 >>
6 >> Why this rename? I can't find a reason for that.
7 >>
8 > The name change was to make it clear that its separate from xorg-server
9 > as it no longer has any ties to xdm.
10 > display-manager can be run without having xdm on your system.
11
12 Still sounds like a rename for the sake of renaming. /etc/init.d/xdm
13 is already now a generic init script and not tied to any specific
14 display manager.
15
16 Since this will affect users' systems (and maybe require manual
17 intervention), I think you'll need a better reason for renaming.
18
19 Ulrich

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