Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

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Le lundi 07 juillet 2008, à 16:48 +0200, Vincent Untz a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Le jeudi 19 juin 2008, à 14:05 -0500, Brian Cameron a écrit :
> >
> > William:
> >
> > > GDM trunk should be included in GNOME 2.24.  A release from the GDM
> > > 2.22 branch was shipped in Fedora 9 and has been performing well.
> >
> > I think it is great that the new GDM 2.22 is performing well on
> > Fedora 9.  I also agree that the latest GDM SVN head code is in
> > much better shape than when the GNOME release team decided not to
> > include the GDM rewrite with the 2.22 release.  For the most common
> > use-case (a single-display desktop user), it does a good job of
> > meeting the needs of a display manager.
> >
> > > The items on the to-do list are not blockers.
> >
> > I think the following issues should be considered:
> >
> > + The GDM daemon does not yet support any configuration.  It seems
> >   that some configuration (such as XDMCP configuration options)
> >   would need to be supported for GDM to be useful.
> >
> > + GDM doesn't support multi-display.  This means that distros that
> >   want to support users with terminal-server, thin client, or other
> >   novel setups will not be able to migrate to the new GDM rewrite until
> >   this is addressed.
> >
> > + The new GDM rewrite doesn't contain any documentation.  GUI
> >   configuration, integration hooks like the Init/PreSession/PostSession
> >   script, how to configure ConsoleKit so it works properly with GDM, how
> >   accessibility works, etc. are probably topics that should be
> >   discussed.
> >
> > + The XDMCP chooser is not yet available from the login screen.
> >
> > + gdmsetup is not yet supported
> >
> > + gdmgreeter XML style themes are not supported
> >
> > Perhaps the plan is that the new GDM will just be less functional in
> > some of these ways (such as lack of gdmgreeter XML style themes or
> > lack of gdmsetup).  That is okay, but the release team should probably
> > help decide if any of these issues (or other issues on the ToDo list)
> > are blockers or not.
> 
> Some of those items look like real blockers. What is the plan for 2.24
> in the GDM team?
> 
> (of course, you can come and discuss this with us during GUADEC :-))
> 
> Vincent
> 
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