@seb128: I agree that AS is less good for us than gsettings in at least the following important ways: 1) it is harder for admins to change the default value of custom properties 2) there is not yet a friendly get/set command line tool 3) libaccountsservice hasn't yet added API for custom properties 4) correctly setting the permissions for properties to be only shared with the lightdm user is easy to forget to do
But on the other hand, for our "sharing info with greeter" use case, I think it's a necessary evil. As for making it more optimal: #1 can be managed with diverts, #2 can be fixed with a small amount of effort, #3 with a bit more effort, and #4 could be fixed by installing a common policykit policy that could be referenced by all custom properties that are for lightdm. Given that storing config in AS is a necessary evil and that synchronization adds all sorts of new problems, I would prefer to avoid synchronization where possible and just use AS as the canonical store for configuration that needs to be shared with the greeter. About bug 1237642, I did forget that I mentioned ring tone in that bug when I was filing this one. I was thinking that this bug was for ring tone and that one for volume/mute. But both ring tone and volume settings need the same treatment. If you'd like to dup one of the bugs that's fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265528 Title: Share ring tone with greeter via AccountsService Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “session-migration” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “telephony-service” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: (I'm not sure exactly which component will have to have code changes for this yet. I think telephony-service, so I'm starting this bug there. Feel free to change.) The ring tone setting will have to be shared with the greeter, so it can make the appropriate sound when called. Additionally, only one session on the system should make the sound when called. Right now, I believe all open user sessions do. Only the one that is active according to logind should ring. This will involve a change in ubuntu-system-settings to synchronize the setting when changed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1265528/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
