Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-15 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Am 14.03.2011 22:22, schrieb Craig Sanders: >> First of all, note that the next time you do that, I will request >> blacklisting for your address on the BTS email gateway. > WTF for? As repeatedly said: 1) The package has currently no maintainer. 2) The package is no longer developed upstrea

Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-14 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:47:48PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > On dim., 2011-03-13 at 18:34 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > reopen 613491 > > First of all, note that the next time you do that, I will request > blacklisting for your address on the BTS email gateway. WTF for? silly me for th

Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-13 Thread Josselin Mouette
On dim., 2011-03-13 at 18:34 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > reopen 613491 First of all, note that the next time you do that, I will request blacklisting for your address on the BTS email gateway. > even figuring out something simple, like how to disable the > privacy-infringing & security-reducin

Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-13 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:03:46PM +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > So why do you expect its packagers to fork or take over upstream of > gdm? i'm not. i'm merely expecting them not to remove a useful package for no good reason. > >>> OK, the actual issues here are Gnome's fault but prematurely remov

Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-13 Thread Luk Claes
On 03/13/2011 10:31 PM, Craig Sanders wrote: > reopen 613491 > thanks > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 02:54:12PM +, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: >> On -10/01/37 20:59, Craig Sanders wrote: >>> reopen 613491 >>> thanks >> >> Reopening RM bugs is pointless... we can't remove a package twice :) > >

Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-13 Thread Craig Sanders
reopen 613491 thanks On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 02:54:12PM +, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > On -10/01/37 20:59, Craig Sanders wrote: > > reopen 613491 > > thanks > > Reopening RM bugs is pointless... we can't remove a package twice :) the point is that it shouldn't have been removed. undo, r

Bug#613491: removal of gdm was a huge mistake

2011-03-12 Thread Craig Sanders
reopen 613491 thanks i only noticed a few days ago when i built a new debian desktop system that gdm is no longer available, in favour of gdm3. gdm3 is NOT an adequate replacement for gdm. useful features that are readily apparent and easily configurable in gdm are either missing completely or hi