On mar., 2011-08-16 at 22:11 +0000, Andreas Rottmann wrote: > Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> writes: > > > But note that *preventing* people to chose what they're used to might > > not be the wisest. > > > Indeed. I don't really care if I have to tweak configs to enable my > ~/.xsession script to be used, but with the Debian package, before this > issue had been fixed (assuming the .desktop file in question would have > been included as an example instead), I'd have had to: > > # cp -a /usr/share/xsessions /etc > # cp /usr/share/doc/lightdm/examples/default.desktop /etc/xessions > # $EDITOR /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf # to change the directory lightdm > # looks for .desktop files in
Why copy stuff in /etc? You only need to put a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions. > > Additionally, I would have had the burden to update my copy of the > desktop files in /etc/xessions, should they change in the package. > IMHO, for my usecase, that's quite more inconvinient than for some user > not caring about ~/.xsession just to ignore the corresponding dropdown > box entry. Again, not necessary, you can still use the ones from /u/s/xsessions. > > > I don't really agree with the “confuse normal users in 99% of the > > case” (but again, it might depend which users we are considering). > > > If it's really decided, that for the Debian package, the default > Xsession should not be present in the menu, I'd at least expect > prominent documentation on how to enable this feature in > /usr/share/doc/lightdm/README.Debian (or somewhere similiar). Of > course, *I* prefer having that feature enabled by default (and thanks > for the fix, BTW). For Debian package, it really depends on how the fix is done upstream, but I might keep shipping the lightdm-xsession.desktop file even then, because that's what Debian users are used to (at least that's what is done in GDM 2). Regards, -- Yves-Alexis -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/818864 Title: add support for an “Xclient” fallback session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/818864/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs