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Subject: bug#24146: Various window managers need startup services.
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 22:45:38 +0200
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ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> skribis:

> We have gnome and xfce with services to start them in
> gnu/services/desktop.scm.
>
> We should add services for:
>
> * xmonad
> * awesome
> * ratpoison
> * windowmaker
> * sawfish
> * openbox
> * guile-wm
> * i3-wm
> * evilwm
> * dwm
> * bspwm

Unlike full-blown desktop environments (GNOME, Xfce, KDE), I don=E2=80=99t =
think
any of these window managers needs a service, because they typically fit
in one package with just one command that needs to be launched.

Compare this with =E2=80=98gnome-service-type=E2=80=99, which needs to exte=
nd Polkit and
to add a whole bunch of packages to /run/current-system/profile so that
it can work.

ratpoison doesn=E2=80=99t need anything like that.  :-)

I=E2=80=99m closing this bug, but let me know if you think I=E2=80=99m over=
looking
something!

Thank you,
Ludo=E2=80=99.