Re: Orphaned package: system-config-display

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 19:59 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Adam Jackson wrote:
> > Static configuration should be something you can do from the dynamic
> > configuration tool.  gnome-display-properties should have a "set as
> > default" button.
> 
> Uh…
> 1. Not everyone uses GNOME.

Demonstrably true, but I don't see how it's relevant.

> 2. What about systemwide settings? (system-config-display did those.)

That's what "static configuration" means.

> 3. What if you can't bring up X in the first place? (You can't run gnome-
> display-properties if you can't get into X. system-config-display --reconfig 
> was a way to fix such problems.)

That sometimes worked and mostly didn't.  Seems like a better use of
time would be in making X not fail to launch in the first place.

Sounds like you enjoy working on bandaids though!  Perhaps you'd like to
take over s-c-d maintainership?

- ajax

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part

-- 
devel mailing list
devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora Testing]     [Fedora Formulas]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kernel Development]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Desktop]     [PAM]     [Red Hat Development]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]
  Powered by Linux