As one of the GDM maintainers, I find this discussion very confusing.
Most of the discussion does not seem to be about the login screen as the subject line suggests. I think this is because the original email in this thread lumped together GDM "shell-style greeter" topics with unrelated "installer setup tool" topics. To me, it seems that issues with the installer has completely drowned out any real discussion about the GDM changes proposed. In my experience, installer topics tend to be more controversial since you tend to get into more OS and distro specific issues. In terms of the login screen, the mock-up[1] looks nice but seems underspecified. I do not see why you would even need to use OpenGL or clutter, or even need to change the GDM code much to just make it visibly look like the mock-ups. Some concerns specific to the login part of the proposal: * The mock-up seems to have eliminated a lot of the useful functionality in GDM such as the ability to enable accessibility features, set the session/language/keyboard, power management status, etc. Is this intentional? * While the mock-up does a good job of showing how to make the login screen look nice like GNOME Shell, it does not communicate any new features or explain whether or how clutter/OpenGL animations might be used to improve the login experience. * Will the new 3.x login screen use JavaScript? * The "Miscellaneous Cleanup" section seems very light. If something as significant as "PAM Multistack" is landing, I'd think we should be able to point to some documentation showing how this will impact GDM's configuration interfaces. Is there no documentation to show how people would use or configure this feature? Would it be possible to discuss login and installer topics in different threads? Brian [1] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/LoginScreen _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
