Re: Starting an application on login
Hi Daniel,
On 3 June 2014 20:54:58 CEST, Daniel Lintott <daniel@serverb.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi Mentors!
>
>I'm currently packaging a notification application, BuildNotify [1].
>
>It only makes sense to start the application when the user logs in,
>which can be done using the $(HOME)/.config/autostart directory or
>adding an entry using the Startup Applications GUI.
>
>From the packaging perspective, is this something we should do when the
>package is installed... or should it be left to the user to configure
>how they start it?
The thing is that a Linux system is potentially multi user, with users not interested in the application and others added after package installation, so the answer can only be that the users must configure it themselves.
>
>If it's left to the user to configure how to start it, what is the best
>way of informing the user what they need to do?
I'd say README.Debian file.
Eric
>
>[1] http://bugs.debian.org/750457
>
>Regards,
>
>Daniel Lintott
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