On 30/05/16 07:37, dev1fanboy wrote: > To add my two cents.. > > Since it's an important package, maybe it's worth seeing if someone can whip > up a patch if there isn't already. > I'll look into it as I have a patch or to so that it will work nicely with our desktop-base package as well.
There are a few pull requests against the gitlab archive https://github.com/data-modul/slim which I can look at integrating I think whilst it's not ideal, it is the easiest option for us to maintain as the default for the Jessie release and probably keep around for ascii until we find a better solution. Regards Daniel. > Also worth pointing out that lilo is without an upstream maintainer as of > recently. > > Cheers, > > chillfan > > On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:08 PM, Irrwahn <irrw...@freenet.de> wrote: >> To the Devs in charge, and to whom it may concern. >> >> I just filed an issue against the Devuan slim package, >> requesting its removal from future Devuan releases. >> >> Full quote below signature. >> >> Regards >> Urban >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Request for Removal of slim package from Devuan >> >> I hereby request that the slim package, containing the SLiM >> Simple Login Manager, be removed from future releases of Devuan, >> at least from the Jessie and testing suites. It may have its place >> in unstable for the time being. >> >> The reasoning that leads to this appeal is as follows: >> >> 1. It has no upstream. >> The project has evidently been abandoned, the homepage was >> taken off the web, leaving behind a stale github mirror that >> as of today carries only a README file dated from 2016-04-12, >> containing the following information, verbatim quote: >> "Note: This repository was used as backup source and is no >> longer maintained." [1] >> >> 2. SLiM has various apparent issues, notably: >> * not playing nice with X session managers >> * being unable to preserve the last chosen session between logins >> * it is a nuisance to provide user support for >> >> 3. It has already been removed from Debian testing and unstable (sic!). >> There is reason to suspect it would have been removed from Debian 8, >> were it not for the early Jessie freeze on 2014-11-05. >> >> 4. The Devuan package appears orphaned, the code has not been touched >> for about a year. Considering its upstream is no longer maintained >> either, the package might impose a security risk not tenable for a >> stable release. >> >> [1] Cf. https://github.com/data-modul/slim >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dng mailing list >> Dng@lists.dyne.org >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722
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