Re: preserving window manager selection on upgrades.

[Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:

    Branden> I do think it is a better idea to manage X window
    Branden> managers with the established alternatives mechanism
    Branden> rather than with a unique mechanism.  Older users may
    Branden> grumble at the transition, but new users will be glad
    Branden> that the alternatives mechanism has broad applicability
    Branden> once they've learned it.

This is 100% true, but how can we educate users that
/etc/X11/window-managers is no longer used at all? Can we perhaps sed
in a comment line or two at the top of the file saying:

# WARNING: This file is no longer used as of (version)!
# Please use 'update-alternatives --configure x-window-manager' instead.

Ben

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