[Copying -devel for wider comments] On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 10:25:56 AM IST, Pirate Praveen <prav...@onenetbeyond.org> wrote: > > >On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 1:11:28 AM IST, Andreas Henriksson ><andr...@fatal.se> wrote: >>Hello Pirate Praveen. >> >>On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 10:45:11PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: >>> package: sddm, gdm3, gnome-session >>> severity: important >>> >>> Now it seems gnome session can lock screen only if logged in from >>gdm3 >>> (isn't there a standard for display managers? is gnome breaking the >>> standard of sddm not implementing a new standard? can't changes be >>> better coordinated among DEs, can't we use freedesktop.org?). It >>makes >>> the whole system insecure as laptops when left unattended could be >>> misused by anyone without auto lock. >>> >>> Same issue for switch user. >> >>Not sure why you think things will continue to work if you just >>replace random components of GNOME like this. You can replace >>anything you want, but if it breaks you get to keep all the pieces. >>The lock screen (et.al.) not working if you use another DM is >>a well known issue. I'm not sure if particular component >>can be "blamed" for this, since gnome-shell and gdm interaction >>isn't something all other DMs are in any way required to >>implement. Did SDDM claim it was a drop-in replacement for GDM? >>If so, please file a bug against SDDM. > >All right. Let every project stay isolated and not care about >interoperability. > >A display manager has always been about managing multiple DEs.
I believe being able to lock screen is a basic feature of any DE. If gnome-shell does not work with other DEs, and if neither gnome-shell and DM developers don't care about interoperability, should we not add conflicts with all DMs except for gdm for gnome-shell? >>Regards, >>Andreas Henriksson -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.