Colin you are factually correct ...
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 08:02:31PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 12:31:38PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-11 02:22:22 +1100]:
> > > If you don't like graphical logins, then don't install (x|k|g)dm.
> > > Surely Suse doesn't actually mandate a graphical login manager?
> >
> > A very, very small nit. On Debian x-window-system which is the common
> > metapackage to install the X window system has a dependency upon xdm.
> > I think I would claim that Debian's X requires xdm to be installed
> > because of that although I know you can unwrap the dependencies in
> > order to avoid it.
I think current postinst script only provide (x|k|g|...)dm as the
choice. If that have one more option for "disable all", then none of
the newbie will be complaining.
By choosing this "disable all", /etc/X11/default-display-manager should
be zero content or any bogus words other than the real name of the
display manager.
> I wouldn't go that far. The x-window-system metapackage is there as a
> simple way of getting a full X environment. If you wanted to look for
> what Debian's X requires, the x-window-system-core metapackage would be
> a better place to look, and that doesn't depend on xdm.
This is all too right but newbie does not know all the details.
It should be more obvious choice.
I will file another wishlist bug following the path of Bug#168347
(system default x-session-manager/xwindow-manager)
I honestly think Debian's X config are too well thought for expert but
overwhelms newbie unnecessarily.
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