On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:27:20 +0100 Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:42:58PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > They were using ConsoleKit, which was orphaned upstream some time > > > after systemd-logind came along. > > > > I rest my case. > > There's nothing at all (not even Red Hat) preventing anyone (even > you!) from stepping up and taking over development of ConsoleKit. > It's a considerably smaller proposition than taking over GNOME 2, a > vastly more complex suite of software and libraries, and that > actually did happen (<http://mate-desktop.org>). OK, I'll be the first to admit that after Red Hat caused the demise of ConsoleKit (and probably lots more important software), I am free to take significant time out of my day job (that feeds my family) and rescue all sorts of software that Red Hat deliberately scuttled. Even though, apparently unlike 80% of today's kernel developers, nobody pays me to do it. http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/whos-writing-linux But that has nothing to do with my "I rest my case" statement. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141016011251.530d0...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
