On 04/06/14 06:24, Cameron Norman wrote: > El Tue, 3 de Jun 2014 a las 9:03 PM, Eric Lavarde <Eric@Lavar.de> escribió: >> 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. > > XDG autostart provides for both of these scenarios. You can (and should) > install the autostart entry in /etc/xdg/autostart/ for system wide > starting of the tray icon. Individual users can disable the entry by > making one with the same name in ~/.config/autostart/ with a single > line, "Hidden=true", as the contents. > > I think users installing this piece of software will expect it to be > started at boot, and we should do just that. Ack, I'm currently considering some sort of debconf scenario, which would give the option for a user to install but not autostart Regards, Daniel
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