Lightdm 0.9.2 uploaded in oneiric today has added support for what
Martin described. Thanks, that's appreciated. :)

> - Config changes:
> [...]
>   - The default user session is now "default".  Distributions should put a
>     symlink to their chosen default or set one in lightdm.conf.
> [...]
> * debian/lightdm.conf:
>  - Removed, no longer needs configuration

Now, if I try to sum up, derivatives will want to use alternatives for:
- /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
- /usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop

I don't think it will work very well if a package ships these files
directly instead of using update-alternatives, but if everyone agrees,
it shouldn't happen...

Unfortunately, this upload introduced new issues:
- /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf is not shipped anymore by lightdm, but apparently 
hasn't been cleaned on upgrades with rm_conffile, so it's still here for 
existing oneiric systems...
- a new conffile has been introduced /etc/lightdm/users.conf. Hopefully we 
won't need to change it per derivative? Otherwise we're back to the same issue, 
again...

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