Re: [gdm-list] Branch update

["Ray Strode" <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

> We should also start to discuss what we should do with this branch.
> Obviously it won't be a branch forever.  Some possibilities include:
>
>   1. A new top-level gnome.org project (gdm, gdm3)
>  2. Replace / merge with trunk
>   3. A freedesktop.org project
>
> I don't really have any strong feelings.
>  1. is probably fine.
>  2. is probably less good since it really is so different and people
> may need to continue to use gdm2 for whatever reason.
>  3. Would be interesting if we can entice other desktop projects into
> collaborating.  We could also use git which is arguably nicer for
> maintaining branches and doing merges.  However, we probably lose out
> on our translation team and stuff.
I don't think we want to encourage people to use gdm2 for whatever
reason, and I'm not sure enticing other desktop projects to
collaborate is really interesting (it just adds a boat load of work
for no real gain)

2 seems like the clear winner to me, but others may disagree I guess.

--Ray