Bug#525731: Don't start s-t-b at boot time

[Milan Bouchet-Valat]

Package: system-tools-backends
Version: 2.6.0-2
Severity: minor


I'm wondering why the system-tools-backends are loaded at boot time. They're only used through D-Bus, so activation is here to start them when needed, isn't it? I've tried stopping them and running the gnome-system-tools, and that works as expected.

So any specific reason, or merely a weird legacy? I guess we could gain some boot time and some memory since they're usually not used very often on desktops.

Note that there may be another issue then: the tools don't seem to stop when they are not used. If you set them to start on demand, it would make sense to stop them automatically after that.


Thanks - and I hope I'm not missing something! ;-)