On May 16, 2013, at 10:40 PM, Lawrence Velázquez <[email protected]> wrote:

> On May 17, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Leo Singer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On May 16, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 16, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Leo Singer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is it really just the patchfile 
>>>> https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/x11/xinit/files/disable-launchagent.patch
>>>>  that disables on-demand loading of X11.app by default?
>>> 
>>> Yes.
>>> 
>>> This approach was taken because X11.app shipped before some Snow Leopard 
>>> 10.6.3 would not work correctly if $DISPLAY belonged to another server.  
>>> This is also why the XQuartz package requires 10.6.3 to install.
>>> 
>>> It might be worth revisiting this and perhaps just disabling it on Leopard.
>> 
>> Yes, please! It would be really nice if the MacPorts X11.app started 
>> automatically on Mountain Lion, without any further user intervention.
> 
> If we remove that patch, which user would the LaunchAgent end up being active 
> for?

It would become enabled by default for all users. After installing xorg, users 
logging back in would find it enabled, and it would stay enabled until they 
<launchctl unload -w>'d it.

See <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39129>.

Leo
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