Re: Replacement/Reinstatement for x11/gdm needed

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 at 21:44, Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:56 PM Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> writes:
> >
> > > You are welcome to add it to pkgsrc-wip, where we don't have any of
> > > those pesky quality rules.  If you are able to work out the issues and
> > > especially if you become the new upstream and it's maintained, we can
> > > talk about adding it back.  See
> > >
> > >   https://pkgsrc.org/wip/
> > >
> > > which includes instructions for asking for commit access.
> >
> > It looks maintained.  I have lost track of gnome2 vs gnome3 vs mate vs
> > gnome 44, sorry.  (I use to run gnome but switched to xfce.  Ah for the
> > days of uwm and X10!).
> >
> > I don't know what's up, but my top-level point is that you can create a
> > package in wip.  That's then useful for you, and it makes it easier for
> > people with commit access to review, help, and perhaps hoist it to
> > pkgsrc.
>
> It still builds without any problem.
>
> The reason for deletion in pkgsrc was given by Nia Alarie as:
>
> Log message:
> gdm: remove
>
> GNOME 2 version, unlikely to work with modern GNOME.
>
> x11/slim is a good replacement.
>
> PR pkg/56294
>
> If it is maintained, it would be great to include it into pkgsrc again.
> Otherwise i have to make up my mind of adding it to wip.

FWIW I just built wip/lightdm; I'll test it later.

>
> Regards,
> Connor

Chavdar


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