Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:38:05 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: des@ofug.org Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing XFree86 package via sysinstall: need X wrapper or not? Message-ID: <20020623123805.B51272@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020622.225127.112566091.imp@village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 10:51:27PM -0600 References: <20020622200545.GS76002@squall.waterspout.com> <20020622204229.GG53232@elvis.mu.org> <xzpheju21z0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020622.225127.112566091.imp@village.org>
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On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 10:51:27PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : Only users who haven't yet entered the 90s and discovered xdm.
>
> I think this attitude is not helpful.
Agreed. I have never, ever used xdm and even disable dtlogin on Solaris.
I have always started X manually and intend to always do that. On a
development system it is just a PITA to not be in this level of control.
Mechanism, not policy.
> I can't recall receiving a bug report from you.
^^^
^Wpatch
that would add back the granular menu of what X bits one wants to
install. Or any other sysinstall patch that asks the user if they would
like the Xwrapper installed.
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