[arch-dev-public] [PATCH] initscripts: Add a splash support

[Tobias Powalowski]

Am Samstag, 3. November 2007 schrieb Damir Perisa:
> Saturday 03 November 2007, Andreas Radke wrote:
>  | Am Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:48:05 +0200
>  |
>  | schrieb "Roman Kyrylych" <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com>:
>  | > Hi!
>  | >
>  | > This patch finishes the work done by dtw and iphitus for
>  | > bringing an optional splash support to default initscripts.
>  | > It eliminates the need for separate initscripts-splash package
>  | > which provides/conflicts=('initscripts').
>  | >
>  | > User has to install splashy or fbsplash which provide required
>  | > mikinitcpio hooks and ${SPLASH}_wrapper script, and then use
>  | > e.g. SPLASH="splashy" in rc.conf to enable it.
>  |
>  | -1 from me
>  |
>  | We are not focussed to be an eyecandy distribution. There's
>  | already a usable solution. I dislike to have another possible
>  | breaker in core.
>
> -1 from me too
>
> why is a separate initscripts-splash pkg a bad thing? for those who
> want to play with it, let them, but do not make the initscripts more
> complex as it should be.
>
> - D

-1 from me too, eye candy for having more trouble is not worth for.
and also it makes it more complex

greetings
tpowa
-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org
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