02.04.2011 16:09, intrigeri пишет: > I must admit I don't really know what the DM's job is in Tails > context, so I fail to see what parts shall be rewritten: > > - we don't need remote login (XDMCP et al.) > - we don't need multi-user support > - we don't need user/password input or authentication/PAM support > either, only automated login. > > I therefore have the vague feeling Tails actually does not need any DM > at all, hence the "no DM, only a tails-greeter X application" > proposal. So... what would be the job accomplished by a DM (whichever > it is) in Tails?
At the very least - to start xorg, pulseaudio and bunch of programs for user session, set bunch of env variables, maybe handle accesibility. Anyway - custom app (a.k.a "crippled dm" :) will have to do exactly the same as tails-greeter plus something: thus it will be definitely bigger and harder to maintain. Not worth trying in my opinion: port tails-greeter to changes in dm<->greeter interface will be rare and easy task, maintaining "crippled dm" - is a constant pain. Overall - I've updated my proposal with subtasks, detailed schedule and some design decisions. Later on this update shall be moved to wiki page(s). please take a look, Max. _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://boum.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev
