Hey Sri, nice of you to join the discussion, > I think eventually though we are going to have to monitor and see where the > discussion is going. Debian is an important distro for us and we should > make sure that we continue to be the default. I think we need to make sure > that people understand why we are depending on logind and why it is a bad > idea to have to support every init out there. Now if the Debian team wants > to take on that task, so be it. But this doesn't seem like the right thing > to do. It's best to try to get people on the same level and convince > Debian that logind is the right technology and that we don't want to > support anaything else at least on Linux kernel based distros.
At least Olav and I were following the debate, and Olav engaged in the discussion several times. From mails, IRC, and private dicussions I am of the opinion that on this matter the situation is quite clear for the Debian GNOME team, it's just that Debian sometimes is a place of conservatism, and arrangements may have to be made. As an illustration, you could consult https://bugs.debian.org/681834 and https://bugs.debian.org/688772, they are about the dependency of GNOME on NetworkManager. About GNOME as the default for Debian, the potential default changed to XFCE in November, and this will be re-evaluated in August (Debian git web interface seems down, but http://archive.is/erpyk archives that). If you have any idea about things GNOME could do to help, it's now a good time, just before 3.12, do not hesitate to bring bug numbers to our attention list. (in the perspective of the Debian discussion, I believe a11y support and classic mode are important) > > Also I trust the Debian GNOME team with their decisions, and they know > > how to reach us if necessary. > > I prefer to work with them on this, if only to know how the conversation is > going. Debconf will be in Portland this year and so I will be there. It > will be important to know what's going on before going amongst people there. Great to have you there. There's a debian-gtk-gnome mailing list but work and discussion mostly happen on their IRC channel, it's #debian-gnome on OFTC. Fred _______________________________________________ [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team Release-team lurker? Do NOT participate in discussions.
