non-Xfce apps in the xfce-desktop group

[Adam Miller]

On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 04:11:12PM +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
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> 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].

Sounds good, but I also like the possibility of the conditional for the
abrt-desktop bit. Though, I don't think its 100% necessary it is a "nice
to have"

> This still leaves us with the following non-Xfce packages:
>       * desktop-backgrounds-compat
+1
>       * gdm
>       * openssh-askpass
+1
>       * polkit-gnome
+1
> 
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> 
> 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?
I'm pretty much with everyone else, I'll happily help with LightDM if
there's any bits I might be able to lend a hand with. I think trying to
fix up LXDM in time would be a tad advantageous of us and worst case
scenario is we fall back to gdm for another release.

-AdamM