Good news. I've been able to make logind work with OpenRC and GNOME 3.6 (which means that GNOME 3.8 can work as well). Disclaimer: I use systemd as device manager. I don't know if my logind (there is a bug about it) works with udev without further hacking. See: https://plus.google.com/u/0/107663298003289209275/posts/TxjqZkniR9f
Now, the problem is that, as I wrote before, we're more and more drifting away from what upstream is supporting. Today the source of all our troubles is just GNOME, I am afraid that tomorrow it will expand beyond it. There are technical advantages for both distro makers and desktop environment makers in using systemd (besides the disadvantages). For instance, having a centralized tool for collecting system and user logs is certainly something that would make our job easier, having working (or mostly working) "init scripts" provided directly by upstream projects would reduce our maintenance burden in the long run. Anyway, I'm not trying to convince anybody in using either init systems, I am just suggesting that you should try both and decide yourself. Which translated, is the same goal as making systemd more accessible to you. -- Fabio Erculiani
