Ok, the fix is: - The lightdm-gtk-greeter package no longer provides any configuration. - This package recommends the virtual package lightdm-gtk-greeter-config. - There is a new package lightdm-gtk-greeter-config-ubuntu which provides a configuration file suitable for Ubuntu.
So derivatives should make a package that: - Provide, conflict and replace lightdm-gtk-greeter-config - Contain the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf Suggested naming scheme, lightdm-gtk-greeter-config-xubuntu, lightdm- gtk-greeter-config-lubuntu etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/845549 Title: Do not ship /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “lightdm” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Bug description: Hi, Currently, the lightdm-gtk-greeter binary package ships /etc/lightdm /lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf as a conffile. This is nice for users, because they'll get the usual dpkg prompt on upgrades. Unfortunately, it's not that great for derivatives where this greeter is used and a custom theming is needed. I tested quickly, and the gtk greeter is still able to start, and work without this config file. So could you please stop shipping it (*and handle gracefully its removal in maintainer scripts* -- sorry for the highlight, but you didn't do that for /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf for 0.4.x -> 0.9.x upgrades...). This would allow derivatives to ship their own config file to theme the greeter (currently, I can't theme it for Xubuntu without either doing some not-so-great things with dpkg-divert, or worse, sed, or forking the greeter just to change its settings...). Thanks. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/845549/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp