Call for testing: LightDM

[Milan Bouchet-Valat]

Le mercredi 08 juin 2011 à 01:09 -0700, Bryce Harrington a écrit :
> Boiling Matt's post down this is what I'm reading:
> 
>   1. NIH
>   2. It doesn't start a GNOME session
>   3. Doesn't have arbitrary shiny stuff like slidy effects
>   4. Auto-update when users are created or deleted
>   5. Accessibility functionality UI
>   6. Gratuitously drawing a clock
>   7. Handle power policy via gnome-power-manager rather than via upower
> 
> #1 yeah but whatever.  #2 seems like a feature unless proven otherwise.
> #3 who cares.  #4 ok, fair point, seems minor though.  #5 important, but
> I think already under development.  #6 yeah right.  #7 huh?
As I see it, the problem is that when you'll have brought back
accessibility, power and sound management, you'll essentially have
started a GNOME session or an equivalent, losing a good part of the
"lightweight". Maybe I'm wrong, though - history will surely tell.


Cheers