Hi Eric
On 04/06/14 22:17, Eric L. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 4 June 2014 07:24:27 CEST, Cameron Norman <camerontnorman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think users installing this piece of software will expect it to be
>> started at boot, and we should do just that.
>
> Where I do not agree with your conclusion is that _users_ do not install software, _admins_ (aka root) do. If one user requests the software, the admin installs it and nine other users complain that this software is now starting when they login, which means the admin has to explain how to _not_ start it, I'm not sure this is the right thing to do.
> On the other hand, if one user requests the software, the admin installs it and explains to the requester how to activate it, that sounds more like a plan.
> And I'm conscious that many users are sole user and admin on their desktop, but that's not the unique use case (I'm personally user and admin on my PC but I have other users and I don't want them to be impacted just because I decide to install a package for my own usage).
This was the very situation I was imagining... so it would therefore
seem to lend itself to not be autostarted, but provide {documentation,
examples, README.debian} to provide further setup notes.
Regards,
Daniel
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