What to do with autostart scripts? (kinit / ksmserver problem)

[Luca Beltrame]

Hello,

commit f913e251fe66e22606c380a8cc0ddc8c69e3c07d in plasma-workspace removed 
autostart support in ksmserver because it caused .desktop files to be 
autostarted twice (one for kinit, and one for ksmserver).

I just noticed that it causes a regression in behavior from 4.x times, as 
user scripts (like adding ssh-agents etc.) are no longer run (because kinit 
only runs .desktop files).

So, this needs to be either communicated to the users or handled differently 
(yes, I don't want to wade through possible complaints in the forums ;)

My high (uniformed) level opinion on the possible scenarios:

- Re-enable autostart for everything but desktop files in ksmserver;
- Add support for scripts in kinit (does it even make sense?);
- Drop autostart scripts, tell users to make .desktop files

What do the gurus say on this?

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