[pkg-fso-maint] nodm and x-terminal-emulator (was Re: /root/.xsession in install.sh)

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, den 08.10.2008, 19:16 +0200 schrieb Luca Capello:
> > You mean, so that the user can not delete the .xsession without
> > installing an xterm?
>                 ^^^^^
> This should be read /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator [1], which should
> be provided by every X terminal emulator software in Debian, try:
> 
>   # apt-get install x-terminal-emulator
> 
> Let's say that user has no session/window manager: if the user deletes
> her/his ~/.xsession and there's no /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator, then X
> won't start anyway.  And AFAIK there's no way to test an X11
> configuration without starting it :-(
> 
> This is a rescue option provided by Debian, while upstream X.Org relies
> on /usr/bin/xterm IIRC.
> 
> > But then, people wanting to use nodm for there Debian system in their
> > digital picture frame will need to install an xterm, although they
> > probably don’t want to? I think, since nodm aims for embedded devices,
> > it should be left to the user.
> 
> I think that an x-terminal-emulator is one of the first thing people
> should install on any X11 system: from a quick look, xvt [2] requires
> only ~150kB, which is quite nothing.
> 
> If not a Depends:, x-terminal-emulator should be a Recommends:.

Allright, given that those people who do use nodm for an embedded setup
know how to modify a package, or use equiv, it’s probably ok, I’ll add
it in git. Although I still don’t see that happening: FreeRunner and PC
users have xterm installed (and if they remove it, they know what they
are doing). Users of other devices know what they are doing...

Greetings,
Joachim

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