[Mageia-dev] Deprecating startx

Thu Mar 8 03:08:03 CET 2012

'Twas brillig, and Charles A Edwards at 08/03/12 01:20 did gyre and gimble:
+> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:06:19 +0000
+> Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> 
+>> The actual use case of using a text login and then starting X is quite
+>> small. Of course some people (like Wobo) do use this but it's
+>> definitely the exception rather than the rule.
+> 
+> 
+> You can also add me to that 'small' list.
+
+You seem unconvinced due to your use of quotes. It's very hard to
+evaluate this kind of thing, but obviously "developery" types are a
+skewed source of information.
+
+Believe me, I frequently design out approaches that I myself use because
+they are quite simply the wrong approach and I refuse to let my own
+personal habits get in the way of correct design.
+
+This is why I give far less credence to "old habits" and "how it's been
+done in the past" and much more to "what would my mum expect" or "what
+would a novice computer user expect".
+
+>From this viewpoint the problems some developer types (myself included)
+attach to some issues simply vanish.
+
+Col
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
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