[arch-dev-public] Moving CK-removal + GNOME 3.6? Announcement draft.

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 29.10.2012 10:31, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
> On Oct 29, 2012 9:16 AM, "Thomas Bächler" <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> Can we move this stuff please? Here's a draft for a short announcement.
>>
>> "GNOME, networkmanager and polkit now require systemd
>>
>> GNOME 3.6 has been moved to extra, along with new polkit and
>> networkmanager. At the same time, consolekit support has been removed
>> from polkit and networkmanager. This means that everyone who uses GNOME
>> or networkmanager or relies on polkit needs to boot with systemd. To
>> save some ressources, you should also remove consolekit from your
> systems."
>>
>> Hm, I'm not satisfied, many people don't know if and why they use
>> polkit. Anyway, it's a draft.
> 
> How about focusing on CK removal? Say that console kit had been removed
> from the repositories and that anything that depended on it, now requires
> you to boot with systemd instead. Then add what you wrote and any other
> specific examples.

But isn't it true that GNOME won't work at all without systemd, while
KDE and others still work, just with reduced functionality?


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