Re: Session Management in 2.24

["simon zheng sun com" <Simon Zheng Sun COM>]

Hi Lucas,

Really like your new dbus interfaces, especially differentiate logout 
and shutdown. ;-)

Is it possible to add a extra task to improve logout dialog GUI? The 
current dialog
in new-gnome-session is exactly the same as gnome-panel. Can we do as 
Ubuntu's
own dialog, such as change button layout, show button bigger and more 
striking, add
icon and tooltip text for each button? If it makes sense, I would like try.

Thanks,
-Simon

Lucas Rocha wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In 2006, Dan Winship presented some ideas[1] about the future of
> session management in GNOME. He wrote the initial code and defined
> this nice architecture which turns gnome-session into a more generic
> session management system and makes it easier to eventually replace
> the current XSMP-based session management with a saner and less
> cryptic D-Bus-based protocol in the future. On June 2007, he made a
> code drop on a branch called new-gnome-session[2] and stopped working
> on that (for various personal reasons).
>
> Since October 2007, I've been sparsely working on this new code (with
> full support from Dan) on my spare time by filling some gaps, fixing
> bugs, implementing missing features, etc. So, now the code reached a
> functional state and I've just merged the new-gnome-session branch in
> trunk. Vincent Untz and I will be working on making the new code shine
> for 2.24.
>
> If you want to know the general ideas around the new gnome-session, read:
>
>   http://live.gnome.org/SessionManagement/NewGnomeSession
>
> Most of the design and features described there are already
> implemented (if not all).
>
> If you want to know what's still missing and want to help us, read:
>
>   http://live.gnome.org/SessionManagement/Todo
>
> The new gnome-session is fully compatible with current session clients
> (GnomeClient and others) and no code changes are required on existing
> apps. However, some simple changes are necessary on some basic
> components that run during the session such as gnome-settings-daemon,
> gnome-panel, nautilus, metacity, gnome-keyring, etc. I have most of
> the patches ready and I'll be filing bugs for each component soon
> (Actually, I've made other necessary changes in some modules during
> the 2.21/2.22 cycle already).
>
> Big thanks to Dan! This important move would not be possible without
> his support and invaluable efforts.
>
> There's still a lot to do during this development cycle.
> Testing and patches are more than welcome!
>
> Cheers!
>
> --lucasr
>
> [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-September/msg00084.html
> [2] http://svn.gnome.org/svn/gnome-session/branches/new-gnome-session/
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