Vincent W. Chen wrote: > Hi, > > Before the current version in Debian unstable (2.6.5), when a user > starts fvwm with no config file, the default from > /etc/X11/fvwm/system.fvwm2rc would be used instead. The intention > seems to be to offer users a more usable starting config with which to > customize[1]. However, according to Thomas in bug #598948 [2], this > differs from the upstream behavior, causes support problems upstream, > and is currently undocumented. > > Personally, I would like to remove this behavior, since I do not use > the default config myself and probably won't have time to maintain it. > I also think fvwm by nature is configurable and is meant to be > modified, so providing a default, Debian specific config doesn't make > much sense to me. > > So I'd like to ask any Debian FVWM users whether you rely on this > behavior or find it useful: when starting fvwm with no user config, > the default from /etc/X11/fvwm/system.fvwm2rc is used instead. If > people want to keep this then I will reintroduce this in unstable, > with this behavior documented somewhere. If not, then I'll just close > the bug. > > P.S. Should I also ask this on debian-user? Not sure where Debian FVWM > users congregate... > > Regards, > > Vincent Chen > > [1] From the changelog by the previous maintainer Manoj: > > * [58b579f]: [debiandir:fvwm]: Add a system.fvwm2rc file back > After 5 years, Debian reintroduces the default system configuration > file for fvwm, system.fvwm2rc, back to the distribution. But instead > of the old, ugly, mostly low usability default configuratgion, this > configuration file is derived from a flattened theme from fvwm- > themes, and uses most of the modern conventions of new fvwm > (colorsets, etc). The new system.fvwm2rc file also suports teh Debian > menusystem, and can serve as a decent starting point for modification > -- and should easily be converted into a fvwm theme again. > > -- Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:41:42 -0500 > > [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598948
If you ask me: Debian Lenny didn't come with this feature. It exists since Squeeze. I really became aware of this change 8 days ago (last Saturday), and because it does not provide any benefit for me, I will not use it (I have my own config anyway). Another change between Lenny and Squeeze is that I have to add 3 additional lines into my own config to get the Debian menu as used in Lenny, but this is slightly irrelevant to your question. I had remarked last week that this standard config file could be organized in a more modular style for my taste. So, the current (Squeeze) version does not even have the benefit to be a very useful blueprint for an own config file, because it lacks of modularity (a requirement for comprehensibility). So, I will not miss it if you trash it. My humble opinion about this :-) - Michael -
