On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 08:45:38AM +0100, Matthew East wrote: > On 8 June 2011 02:58, Bryce Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 11:03:12AM +0100, Matthew East wrote: > >> I'm taking this opportunity to post a link to this comment on the > >> proposed switch to lightDM from Matthew Garrett, in case people > >> reading here haven't seen it, it seems relevant to this discussion and > >> I haven't seen it mentioned before. > >> > >> http://mjg59.livejournal.com/136274.html > > > > tl;dr version: "Every wart is earned in the process of fixing a bug; > > those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it, etc." Fairly bog > > standard rant against doing something new. > > Actually, to be fair, I don't think that it is at that kind of level. > It's not just a criticism of the concept of using something > lightweight, the post looks specifically at differences between the > competing software, features and design policies.
Specifically? Boiling Matt's post down this is what I'm reading: 1. NIH 2. It doesn't start a GNOME session 3. Doesn't have arbitrary shiny stuff like slidy effects 4. Auto-update when users are created or deleted 5. Accessibility functionality UI 6. Gratuitously drawing a clock 7. Handle power policy via gnome-power-manager rather than via upower #1 yeah but whatever. #2 seems like a feature unless proven otherwise. #3 who cares. #4 ok, fair point, seems minor though. #5 important, but I think already under development. #6 yeah right. #7 huh? Anyway, I greatly respect mjg59 but find this particular post not very constructive. Bryce -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
