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From: Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato@posteo.de>
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Hello,

Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarbato@posteo.de> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Perhaps a simple fix is, when there=E2=80=99s only one server launched,=
 to have
>>> the Shepherd service provide both =E2=80=98xorg-server-vtN=E2=80=99 and=
 =E2=80=98xorg-server=E2=80=99.
>>> Or to special-case vt7 such that the service for vt7 provides both
>>> =E2=80=98xorg-server=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98xorg-server-vt7=E2=80=99.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> How about changing the default value of vt to #f and having the Shepherd
>> service provide =E2=80=98xorg-server-vtN=E2=80=99 only if vt is set to "=
vtN" and
>> =E2=80=98xorg-server=E2=80=99 otherwise.  That way the name of the defau=
lt Shepherd
>> service would not change.
>
> I think I would prefer special-casing vt7, as shown below.  That way the
> =E2=80=98vt=E2=80=99 field would always be a string, which looks more con=
sistent to me.
>
> Thoughts?

I have no strong feelings either way.  If it is OK that 'herd status'
displays 'xorg-server-vt7' instead of 'xorg-server' we can go for the
special-casing approach.

Regards,

Diego