On 10/10/20 2:18 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, Aisha Tammy wrote: > >> On 10/10/20 8:00 AM, Joonas Niilola wrote: >>>> - xdm init.d is replaced by display-manager init.d script >>> >>> Why this rename? I can't find a reason for that. >>> >> The name change was to make it clear that its separate from xorg-server >> as it no longer has any ties to xdm. >> display-manager can be run without having xdm on your system. > > Still sounds like a rename for the sake of renaming. /etc/init.d/xdm > is already now a generic init script and not tied to any specific > display manager. > > Since this will affect users' systems (and maybe require manual > intervention), I think you'll need a better reason for renaming. >
Manual intervention is going to be needed in any case. The display manager inits are independent scripts and need to be installed manually as none of the display managers have a dependency on it. In which case it makes sense to also make it clear what these scripts are for and to not overload the xdm term for both the actual dm and also the init script. > Ulrich >
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