Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.

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

Jon,

Could we add "failsafe session support" in this cycle? I think it's
useful to debug.

Thanks,
-Simon

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 14:05 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote:
> 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.
> 
> > During this cycle, much of the work related to improving the GDM
> > (login/logout) and overall user experience is happening at other
> > levels of the stack.  Some of this I'll discuss at GUADEC this year.
> 
> I am looking forward to the presentation.
> 
> Brian
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