Nice one, I'd say it's worth keeping around for a while as it doesn't have any gnomish dependencies.
Cheers, chillfan On Monday, May 30, 2016 12:01 AM, Daniel Reurich <dan...@centurion.net.nz> wrote: > On 30/05/16 07:37, dev1fanboy wrote: >> To add my two cents.. >> >> Since it's an important package, maybe it's worth seeing if someone can >> whip up a patch if there isn't already. >> > I'll look into it as I have a patch or to so that it will work nicely > with our desktop-base package as well. > > There are a few pull requests against the gitlab archive > https://github.com/data-modul/slim which I can look at integrating > > I think whilst it's not ideal, it is the easiest option for us to > maintain as the default for the Jessie release and probably keep around > for ascii until we find a better solution. > > Regards > Daniel. > > >> Also worth pointing out that lilo is without an upstream maintainer as >> of recently. >> >> Cheers, >> >> chillfan >> >> On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:08 PM, Irrwahn <irrw...@freenet.de> wrote: >>> To the Devs in charge, and to whom it may concern. >>> >>> I just filed an issue against the Devuan slim package, >>> requesting its removal from future Devuan releases. >>> >>> Full quote below signature. >>> >>> Regards >>> Urban >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Request for Removal of slim package from Devuan >>> >>> I hereby request that the slim package, containing the SLiM >>> Simple Login Manager, be removed from future releases of Devuan, >>> at least from the Jessie and testing suites. It may have its place >>> in unstable for the time being. >>> >>> The reasoning that leads to this appeal is as follows: >>> >>> 1. It has no upstream. >>> The project has evidently been abandoned, the homepage was >>> taken off the web, leaving behind a stale github mirror that >>> as of today carries only a README file dated from 2016-04-12, >>> containing the following information, verbatim quote: >>> "Note: This repository was used as backup source and is no >>> longer maintained." [1] >>> >>> 2. SLiM has various apparent issues, notably: >>> * not playing nice with X session managers >>> * being unable to preserve the last chosen session between >>> logins >>> * it is a nuisance to provide user support for >>> >>> 3. It has already been removed from Debian testing and unstable >>> (sic!). >>> There is reason to suspect it would have been removed from Debian >>> 8, >>> were it not for the early Jessie freeze on 2014-11-05. >>> >>> 4. The Devuan package appears orphaned, the code has not been touched >>> for about a year. Considering its upstream is no longer maintained >>> either, the package might impose a security risk not tenable for a >>> stable release. >>> >>> [1] Cf. https://github.com/data-modul/slim >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dng mailing list >>> Dng@lists.dyne.org >>> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > -- > Daniel Reurich > Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. > 021 797 722 -- Take back your privacy. Switch to www.StartMail.com _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
