todays rawhide - feedback

[n0dalus]

On 2/20/06, Mike A. Harris <mharris at mharris.ca> wrote:
>
> xfs is started by default always, to ensure that it is running *if* you
> run X, be that via gdm/xdm/kdm, or via "startx", as the X server will
> not start if xfs is not running, unless you manually reconfigure the
> X server to serve fonts directly.  While some users prefer to have the
> X server serve fonts directly in this manner, this type of configuration
> is not integrated well with the system the way our infrastructure is
> set up currently.
>

This question seems a bit obvious, but why can't X just start xfs when
it's run, or at least give a useful warning message when xfs is not
available?

n0dalus.