Re: preserving window manager selection on upgrades.
- To: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
- Cc: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>, Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>, Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: preserving window manager selection on upgrades.
- From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:55:36 -0700
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Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> 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.
I think it'd be a good thing to contine using the file, if it exists.
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