On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 07:29:02PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op 25-10-13 15:43, Olav Vitters schreef: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 01:41:23PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > >> There is no good reason other than "that's the way GNOME has been > >> written". So change the code and get GNOME to behave properly. > > > > Because you raise this again: > > - No maintenance on ConsoleKit since 1.5 years, despite me/GNOME raising > > this as an issue end of Jan 2012 > > - XFCE relies on either ConsoleKit or logind > > > > Concretely, who will "change the code"? I mean a name and something in > > the git log of ConsoleKit (or fork it and call it something else). > > What's wrong with "whoever needs this fooKit thing, whatever it is"? > Deciding to drop support for "code I don't personally use, but other > people depend on" is just wrong on so many levels.
GNOME has not removed support for ConsoleKit. Without continued maintenance a project will die. Plus this code will bitrot if not properly maintained. So to paraphrase what you said: GNOME is right on so many levels. :P -- Regards, Olav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131028185008.gc25...@bkor.dhs.org
