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Subject: Re: on deprecating startx/xinit [was: spaces in pathnames]
From: Omari Stephens <xsdg () mit ! edu>
Date: 2008-06-30 19:09:39
Message-ID: 48692F73.3030505 () mit ! edu
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Adam Jackson wrote:
::snip? SNIP!::
>> It's practically impossible to get this 100% right if you're limited
>> to the Bourne shell.
>
> Then maybe it's time to stop caring about portability to useless shells.
>
> More broadly, it's probably time to deprecate startx and xinit, strongly
> recommend the use of a display manager like gdm, and write a minimal
> replacement in some sensible subset of bash/ksh.
What would this actually mean? I have at least one system that I use
primarily in the console, but which has X on it for those occasions
where I need it. (For instance, if I need to look at an image, or visit
a webpage that doesn't like links2).
How would this mode of use be affected? Given that the machine is low
on memory in the first place, forcing me to run a DM all the time
wouldn't be reasonable. Having to fire up a DM just to run a quick X
session doesn't seem right either.
Keep in mind that I am not fundamentally for or against any particular
architecture for starting X. I only care about how some change might
affect how I use X.
--xsdg
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