[arch-dev-public] SLiM up for adoption
Hi devs, Hi TUs, I am orphaning SLiM (login manager): upstream is dead, patches keep piling up, and I actually stopped using that package a while ago. As far as I know, our current package has only one unfixed bug: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26579 Anyhow, I will move that package to the AUR in a week or so unless a dev or a TU wishes to adopt it. Cheers. -- Gaetan
Am 30.10.2011 23:54, schrieb Gaetan Bisson:
Hi devs, Hi TUs,
I am orphaning SLiM (login manager): upstream is dead, patches keep piling up, and I actually stopped using that package a while ago.
As far as I know, our current package has only one unfixed bug:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26579
Anyhow, I will move that package to the AUR in a week or so unless a dev or a TU wishes to adopt it.
Cheers.
Which login manager is the best then? I switched from kdm to slim a while ago. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
[2011-10-31 08:26:26 +0100] Tobias Powalowski:
Which login manager is the best then?
In my opinion: none. I use startx. If you need one and want something lightweight, there's always xdm; on IRC, Allan mentioned being happy with lxdm too. Whichever works for you. -- Gaetan
On 31/10/11 18:35, Gaetan Bisson wrote:
[2011-10-31 08:26:26 +0100] Tobias Powalowski:
Which login manager is the best then?
In my opinion: none. I use startx.
If you need one and want something lightweight, there's always xdm; on IRC, Allan mentioned being happy with lxdm too. Whichever works for you.
Yes... I use LDXM with this theme (to make it simpler!): http://allanmcrae.com/2011/08/simple-arch-linux-theme-for-lxdm/
Am 31.10.2011 09:52, schrieb Allan McRae:
On 31/10/11 18:35, Gaetan Bisson wrote:
[2011-10-31 08:26:26 +0100] Tobias Powalowski:
Which login manager is the best then?
In my opinion: none. I use startx.
If you need one and want something lightweight, there's always xdm; on IRC, Allan mentioned being happy with lxdm too. Whichever works for you.
Yes... I use LDXM with this theme (to make it simpler!): http://allanmcrae.com/2011/08/simple-arch-linux-theme-for-lxdm/ Ok will look at it and also on lightdm, We should have a light alternative to gdm and kdm on the repos imho.
greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
[2011-10-31 09:53:12 +0100] Tobias Powalowski:
Ok will look at it and also on lightdm,
Funny name for a package that depends on libwebkit. :)
We should have a light alternative to gdm and kdm on the repos imho.
Even with slim gone, we would still have xorg-xdm and lxdm. But I admit I thought more dev/TU would want to adopt slim... -- Gaetan
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Tobias Powalowski <tobias.powalowski@googlemail.com> wrote:
Am 31.10.2011 09:52, schrieb Allan McRae:
On 31/10/11 18:35, Gaetan Bisson wrote:
[2011-10-31 08:26:26 +0100] Tobias Powalowski:
Which login manager is the best then?
In my opinion: none. I use startx.
If you need one and want something lightweight, there's always xdm; on IRC, Allan mentioned being happy with lxdm too. Whichever works for you.
Yes... I use LDXM with this theme (to make it simpler!): http://allanmcrae.com/2011/08/simple-arch-linux-theme-for-lxdm/ Ok will look at it and also on lightdm, We should have a light alternative to gdm and kdm on the repos imho.
There is also qingy (with qingy-theme-arch) which I use and maintain.
greetings tpowa
-- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 00:54, Gaetan Bisson <bisson@archlinux.org> wrote:
Hi devs, Hi TUs,
I am orphaning SLiM (login manager): upstream is dead, patches keep piling up, and I actually stopped using that package a while ago.
As far as I know, our current package has only one unfixed bug:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26579
Anyhow, I will move that package to the AUR in a week or so unless a dev or a TU wishes to adopt it.
I use slim, so I can adopt it if noone else wants it. It does it's job pretty well, the only annoying issue is that some themes need to be adapted for 2-monitor configuration. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
[2011-10-31 11:23:43 +0200] Roman Kyrylych:
I use slim, so I can adopt it if noone else wants it.
Perfect. You can adopt it on archweb now or in a few days if you want to make sure that nobody else is willing to maintain it.
It does it's job pretty well, the only annoying issue is that some themes need to be adapted for 2-monitor configuration.
Feel free to add a patch for that. :) -- Gaetan
participants (5)
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Allan McRae
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Eric Bélanger
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Gaetan Bisson
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Roman Kyrylych
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Tobias Powalowski