@John: please don't comment on closed bugs, the bug tracker is not a forum or developer list
> So, to conclude, switching from .dmrc to AccountsService has actually reduced the flexibility of lightdm with no apparent gain in functionality (unless I miss something). The reasons of using account service include: - the fact that it has proper apis to use rather than having to deal with a not-well-documented keysfile - the fact that GNOME standardized on using it (e.g gnome-control-center's users administration tools is using it, gdm is using it) - it seems a better freedesktop standard way to do thing That said accountsservice does has issue and we should work with upstream on fixing those, feel free to open bugs on https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=accountsservice -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823718 Title: Replace ~/.dmrc with AccountsService Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: While gdm has switched to AccountsService for storing the session type, lightdm stores that piece of info in ~/.dmrc. I suppose it would be a good idea that also lightdm makes use of AccountsService for the purpose, and drops ~/.dmrc entirely. That way would always the same option appear on the greeter if a user moves from gdm to lightdm or vice versa. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/823718/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
