Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.

From: "Dan Nicholson" <dbn lists gmail com>
To: "Ray Strode" <halfline gmail com>
Cc: GNOME release team <release-team gnome org>, gdm-list <gdm-list gnome org>, "simon zheng sun com" <Simon Zheng sun com>
Subject: Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:19 -0700

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Ray Strode <halfline gmail com> wrote:
>
>> Additionally, when I looked into current GDM 2.20, I found Failsafe
>> GNOME and Failsafe Xterm starting CLI was generated in hard-code rather
>> than desktop file. I only find gnome.desktop, there's no
>> failsafe.desktop or xterm.desktop. This way looks not very flexiable to
>> allow distribution to custom.
> Right.  I think we should avoid hard coding again.

One reason for hard coding is that it avoids one more failure mode.
I.e., it's not failsafe if it depends on a valid failsafe.desktop.
Just a thought; maybe that scenario is just busted and you have to see
the log output to debug that issue.

--
Dan

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- GDM status.
  - From: Andre Klapper
- Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
  - From: William Jon McCann
- Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
  - From: Brian Cameron
- Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
  - From: simon zheng sun com
- Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
  - From: Ray Strode
- Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
  - From: simon zheng sun com
- Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.
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