It seems to me that some of the problems noted here could be dealt with in a
more simple way by having /usr/{local,pkg,X11R6}/etc/rc.d included in
rcorder's pass during boot. I know it has been said that there were problems
with this. What are they?

There would be naming conflicts and in some cases old-style scripts lying
around to deal with, I'm sure, but those shouldn't be too hard to deal with
given a little care...

Andrew