Why does the Xorg server reset the output when last client disconnects?

[Barry Scott]

Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> Barry Scott wrote:
>> Michel Dänzer wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 10:58 +0100, Barry Scott wrote:
>>>  
>>>> I'm wondering if it is reasonable to prevent the server from doing 
>>>> the reset
>>>> when the last client disconnects?
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Try it for yourself:
>>>
>>> Xorg -noreset
>>>
>>>   
>> Thanks I've added to my X service startup.
>>
>> But I'd still like to know why the reset is there at all?
>>
> 21 years ago, it was effective in covering up memory leaks and other 
> crud giving the
> appearance of great uptime.
>
> Stuart K
>
I suspected something like this. I'll sleep happy that -noreset is safe 
to use.

Is there any reason why Xorg should not have noreset as the default now that
the memory leaks etc are a thing of the past?

Barry