"Debian bug at v.nix.is" <debian-...@v.nix.is> writes: > Right, but the frequency of messages is still a matter of sysadmin > policy.
True. >> Imho the best option would be to allow users to acknowledge that they >> have seen the warning. They could then choose if they want to see > > Any scheme in that direction I can think of would require some sort of > ad-hoc communication, and even if you get that right you'd still need > action on part of the users to make the messages stop. > > What sort of scheme did you have in mind for doing this? None, I was just trying to point out that this is a limitation of traditional *nix thinking :-) I suppose we could make shutdown listen on dbus but I'm not sure if that'd be accepted by upstream.. > Does this plan sound OK? Would you be opposed to a patch that > implements it? I don't think it's up to me to accept the patch, I'm just trying to throw in ideas. My guess is that upstream would accept a patch that adds such an option. At least it's worth a try. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
