apt-get dist-upgrade, and X issues

[stan]

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 08:01:23PM +0100, Tom H wrote:
> >> Note: ran across this today while checking what the new gdm update was
> >> related to.
> >> 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
> >> Publishing details
> >>
> 
> IMO upstart is not to blame here. The Ubuntu devs would have probably
> done the "don't respawn..." if they were still using sysvinit because
> the reason for the "don't respawn..." is to use the new Xorg
> bulletproof X handler, if I understand the error correctly. So you
> should blame X or the way that the devs are implementing bulletproof
> X! :)
> 
I agree that upstart was not the culprit here. Having said that, I still
don't see the advantage of chaging somehting this basic a part of the OS,
without some extremly compelling reason, which I don't see in this case.

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