On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:11:12 +0100 Christoph Wickert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Recently some system-config-* tools were moved from the base-x group > to their "appropriate desktop environments" [1] [2]. I think removing > them from base-x is a step in the right direction, but adding > system-config-* stuff and especially abrt-desktop or gnome-packagekit > with their GNOME dependencies to the xfce-desktop group seems wrong > to me. These are admin tools, they are already part of the > admin-tools group and will be installed on the current Xfce spin > anyway because we install admin-tools. IMHO 'yum install > ydxe-desktop' should only install an Xfce desktop, not more and not > less. > > Is everybody fine with me removing > * abrt-desktop > * gnome-packagekit > * system-config-date > * system-config-firewall > * system-config-services > * system-config-users > from xfce-desktop? I'd do the same as I did for LXDE [3]. > > This still leaves us with the following non-Xfce packages: > * desktop-backgrounds-compat > * gdm > * openssh-askpass > * polkit-gnome > > desktop-backgrounds-compat is required and openssh-ask pass not > problematic. polkit-gnome is not problematic either because it has no > GNOME dependencies, but if this changes or they switch to GTK+ 3, we > can still move to lxpolkit. > > So the only questionable package is gdm. I think we need a display > manager but I'm no longer convinced it should be gdm. gdm now is in > GTK+ 3 and requires not only gnome-session but also > gnome-settings-manager and gnome-screensaver with all their deps such > as gnome-control-center. We'd end up with two screensavers but only > xscreensaver works in Xfce. > > LXDE is too buggy IMHO and I'm currently packaging and investigating > lightdm [4]. I'll let you know once it's read for testing and then we > can decide whether or not to switch. > > Questions? Thoughts? > > Regards, > Christoph > > [1] > http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=comps.git;a=commitdiff;h=f2cb3971ffb2a53b9f0fdc536cdcc4f9c3a87876;hp=9905085a78c710a156a992034158799734c5d6dd > [2] > http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=comps.git;a=commitdiff;h=9905085a78c710a156a992034158799734c5d6dd;hp=8d07f14da881bb7aee9678d4a08e7ab99dd79ca7 > [3] > http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=comps.git;a=commitdiff;h=aa9132ce2a1193eba511f47a72f5d61098633417;hp=29f8aa25394fa5979ef74a80a219caccb558ef71 > [4] https://launchpad.net/lightdm/ > > > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce > So the only questionable package is gdm. I think we need a display > manager but I'm no longer convinced it should be gdm. gdm now is in > GTK+ 3 and requires not only gnome-session but also > gnome-settings-manager and gnome-screensaver with all their deps such > as gnome-control-center. We'd end up with two screensavers but only > xscreensaver works in Xfce. What about XDM? Yeah its ugly however it gets the job done. > * openssh-askpass > * polkit-gnome I am fine with leaving these within the list of packages kept, however I have wanted to remove GDM for over a year now. _______________________________________________ xfce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
