Re: MOTD implementation in gnome-session
- From: Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>
- To: desktop-devel-list gnome org, Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>
- Cc:
- Subject: Re: MOTD implementation in gnome-session
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 02:26:27 +1000
<quote who="Mark McLoughlin">
> I do get that something along these lines would be useful for admins,
> but it strikes me that some crufty old unix hacker "designed" /etc/motd
> at least a couple of decades ago and perhaps we could put some thought
> into how whether that design best meets a desktop admin's requirements?
Yeah, because ditching /etc/mailcap was a bloody good idea too.
Let's not NIH this very simple and straightforward feature. It does not need
to be "innovated" into oblivion.
- Jeff
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