update-motd python daemon [was: [ubuntu/karmic] update-motd 2.0-0ubuntu1 (Accepted)]

[Martin Pitt]

Hello,

Dustin Kirkland [2009-07-12 22:40 -0000]:
>     - rewrite update-motd as a python daemon, rather than a series of
>       difficult-to-manage cronjobs

Hm, in terms of startup costs, memory/RAM usage, and cost/benefit
ratio of used resources vs. output, a permanently running Python
daemon for modifying a text file every now and then is magnitudes
worse than some cron jobs IMHO.

Instead of imposing this cost on everyone, could this not just become
an "optional" PAM module, which updates motd whenever someone actually
logs into the machine?

Martin
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