Hi, † wrote (30 May 2011 22:14:47 GMT) : > Since both are not implemented yet I'd like discussion on how we > should implement them.
> Let's presume that custom greeter for GDM is already working :-) > What do we do next? > Do we execute shell script? Set env. variable? Run binaries? Short version: for most options, I think you can safely assume it will be enough to run an arbitrary program parameterized by the user-specified options. Some options are a bit different, I'm especially thinking of the language that must immediatly be reflected in the tails-greeter UI. I'm glad you express interest in what actual effects tails-greeter shall trigger. On the other hand I doubt you'll have time, during GSoC, to actually implement the many features that are waiting for the tails-greeter to exist. So we have to draw a line between what is part of tails-greeter and what is a feature that depends on it. I'd rather see you start with implementing a working tails-greeter that we can ship without losing any feature, and start with running stub placeholder scripts to pretend actually doing something useful and check tails-greeter does what it's supposed to do. As far as I understand your project's timeline, the first time you'll have tails-greeter really do something that depends on the user's preferences is the 3rd week of July, in order to complete the admin-password-requestor. So it seems to me we have plenty of time to answer the (great) questions you are asking. Thanks to ask in advance :) By the way, I'm a bit worried the single option that needs to have an effect on the tails-greeter UI (namely: language choice) is not part of the timeline. I'd prefer you to implement the language choice (i.e. match what we *already* have, so that tails-greeter can be shipped in Tails for real) before the admin password requestor (i.e. add a new feature). What do you / others think? > More general: what needs to be adjusted and how to interface those > adjustments with GDM's greeter? > Maybe somebody already working real hard on > [1] https://tails.boum.org/todo/localization_at_runtime/ and > [2] https://tails.boum.org/todo/better_root_access_control/ ? AFAIK, nobody is currently working on these features since they are blocked by the fact tails-greeter does not exist yet. Bye, -- intrigeri <[email protected]> | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc | Did you exchange a walk on part in the war | for a lead role in the cage? _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://boum.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev
