Kjartan/Willie:
fr., 19.09.2008 kl. 00.34 +0200, skrev Vincent Untz:Le mercredi 17 septembre 2008, à 17:23 -0400, Willie Walker a écrit :Well...hmm...if I read the answers correctly, I think what I'm hearing is that there are a lot of great ideas, but they aren't done yet. If this is the case, then I think this sounds like a regression.I see nobody jumping in to say it's not a regression. So, we're going with GDM 2.20, I guess... Is there any objection?I see people saying it's a regression, but what does it mean in practise? Is a11y busted? Is it a minor inconvenience affecting only login? Can someone please post a list of pros and cons for this specific issue wrt 2.22 vs 2.24?
I'm not sure this is a really important regression. You can configure the new GDM to always launch various AT programs as needed. The main lost feature is that users cannot launch AT programs on demand. This feature is mostly useful in multi-user terminal situations (e.g. terminal servers), which aren't supported in the new GDM anyway. This feature is also useful in situations where multiple users may share the same computer, but some users don't want AT programs to launch and others do. The old GDM 2.20 doesn't turn on a11y by default anyway, so users with a11y needs need to configure GDM before using it. So the new GDM isn't much worse. I don't think this particular issue should be a blocker. The more serious issue is that the new GDM doesn't support managing multiple displays. But it seems the release team is agreeable to accepting this as a regression. At any rate, I'll leave this up to the release team to decide if the new GDM is ready or not. Brian