Hi Eric On 04/06/14 22:17, Eric L. wrote: > Hi, > > On 4 June 2014 07:24:27 CEST, Cameron Norman <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think users installing this piece of software will expect it to be >> started at boot, and we should do just that. > > Where I do not agree with your conclusion is that _users_ do not install > software, _admins_ (aka root) do. If one user requests the software, the > admin installs it and nine other users complain that this software is now > starting when they login, which means the admin has to explain how to _not_ > start it, I'm not sure this is the right thing to do. > On the other hand, if one user requests the software, the admin installs it > and explains to the requester how to activate it, that sounds more like a > plan. > And I'm conscious that many users are sole user and admin on their desktop, > but that's not the unique use case (I'm personally user and admin on my PC > but I have other users and I don't want them to be impacted just because I > decide to install a package for my own usage).
This was the very situation I was imagining... so it would therefore
seem to lend itself to not be autostarted, but provide {documentation,
examples, README.debian} to provide further setup notes.
Regards,
Daniel
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