On Tuesday, February 02, 2016 10:40:21 AM Pirate Praveen wrote: > [Copying -devel for wider comments] > > On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 10:25:56 AM IST, Pirate Praveen > <prav...@onenetbeyond.org> wrote: > >On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 1:11:28 AM IST, Andreas Henriksson > > > ><andr...@fatal.se> wrote: > >>Hello Pirate Praveen. > >> > >>On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 10:45:11PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: > >>> package: sddm, gdm3, gnome-session > >>> severity: important > >>> > >>> Now it seems gnome session can lock screen only if logged in from > >> > >>gdm3 > >> > >>> (isn't there a standard for display managers? is gnome breaking the > >>> standard of sddm not implementing a new standard? can't changes be > >>> better coordinated among DEs, can't we use freedesktop.org?). It > >> > >>makes > >> > >>> the whole system insecure as laptops when left unattended could be > >>> misused by anyone without auto lock. > >>> > >>> Same issue for switch user. > >> > >>Not sure why you think things will continue to work if you just > >>replace random components of GNOME like this. You can replace > >>anything you want, but if it breaks you get to keep all the pieces. > >>The lock screen (et.al.) not working if you use another DM is > >>a well known issue. I'm not sure if particular component > >>can be "blamed" for this, since gnome-shell and gdm interaction > >>isn't something all other DMs are in any way required to > >>implement. Did SDDM claim it was a drop-in replacement for GDM? > >>If so, please file a bug against SDDM. > > > >All right. Let every project stay isolated and not care about > >interoperability. > > > >A display manager has always been about managing multiple DEs. > > I believe being able to lock screen is a basic feature of any DE. If > gnome-shell does not work with other DEs, and if neither gnome-shell and DM > developers don't care about interoperability, should we not add conflicts > with all DMs except for gdm for gnome-shell?
Go read Debian policy where it describes what conflicts are there to do and then consider if that's appropriate. Scott K
