Re: New NMU of fvwm to experimental
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:45:01 -0500, sean finney <seanius@seanius.net> said:
> hi manoj,
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:49:34PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> They have a point; there is a new mechanism in FVWM that generates
>> a configuration file for a new user if none exists; and this config
>> is better than the one we ship. Indeed, our packaging is outdated,
>> and shadows neat new features in the fvwm install, making the
>> experience for Debian users significantly worse.
>>
>> > As an example I agree with Mikhael that there shouldn't be a
>> > system-wide default fvwm config: Dan's excellent work to bring up
>> > a configurator for new FVWM users shouldn't be hidden by
>> > years-old crusty configuration files.
> if we dropped the system-wide configuration file, would it still be
> possible to include the debian programs menu?
The integration with the menu system is not lost. You may
still have the Debian menu -- and I'll include instructions
prominently in the documentation. I'll see what can be done about
including the menu system in the automatic configuration system.
manoj
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