Daniel wrote: > Let's start with sensible behavior to the user (before considering > implementation): > > It would be sensible if logging in via a display manager included > the same shell login initialization that logging in on a virtual > console performed. (Or via telnet, rlogin, ssh, etc.)
[I'm sorry but I don't have the will power to go into all the points
you made but I will comment on this one...]
Why should logging into X have the same behaviour as running a bash (or
whatever) login? When you log in to a console (Or via telnet, rlogin,
ssh, etc.) you are just running a login shell, but X is not a shell.
Now if you where saying that there should a mechanism for setting
environment variable at a user level that was independent of the method
of login then I would agree but ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile or ~/.login
is not the place for these as they are used already and have
well-defined jobs
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