Re: MOTD implementation in gnome-session

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 16:48 +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hi Rodrigo,
> 
> On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 17:40 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have had this patch around for some time, and seems to work pretty
> > well, so sending for comments and/or approval.
> > 
> > It just makes gnome-session display the /etc/motd file on startup, using
> > libnotify if available, or an ugly dialog if not. The 2 new files are to
> > be placed in gnome-session/gnome-session
> 
> 	I the first thing worth discussing is "why?". Why is it a good idea to
> show /etc/motd at login?
> 
for the same reason it is shown when you log in on a terminal.
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>