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.
