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and subject line Bug#1091213: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1090394,
regarding gdm-settings: should this package be in Debian?
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: gdm-settings
Version: 4.4-1
Severity: serious
Tags: trixie sid
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I am uncomfortable with the app gdm-settings and worry that it may be
unsupportable in Debian.
If the only thing the app did was set some gsettings values for the
gdm user, that sounds safe enough to me. But I believe the app also
hacks the GDM binary theme files. My instinct is that doing that could
break the login screen on updates to new versions of GNOME Shell/GDM.
For comparison, Ubuntu does tweak the GDM theme also but it does it
using the Debian alternatives system which allows it to be easily
undone. And Ubuntu has committed to support the changes it makes and
ensure that upgrades work smoothly.
gdm-settings has no provision for undoing its changes when it is uninstalled.
Included in version 5 which we don't have in Debian yet is a new first
run warning that basically confirms my suspicions that the app allows
unsafe changes. See
https://github.com/gdm-settings/gdm-settings/pull/267/files
The app appears to not work in Debian. The app includes basic
functionality to try to recognize the Debian-gdm user but maybe it
does not do enough there. See
https://github.com/gdm-settings/gdm-settings/issues/275
I believe the original Uploader for gdm-settings in Debian has said
they would rather not maintain the package any more. I'm unwilling to
commit to maintaining the package either. I propose that we remove the
package from Debian.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.4-1+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package gdm-settings has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1091213
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
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