Am Donnerstag, den 13.01.2011, 10:41 +0100 schrieb Jaroslav Reznik: > On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 07:08:17 pm Christoph Wickert wrote: > > > How does it provide a hassle at every boot? I'm confused here. What I > > > think would be a hassle is having to reboot just to try out a different > > > desktop.... with a GDM-controlled selection you could simply log out of > > > one and log back in, no reboot required. > > > > * With a GDM you dont get the full experience of the Spin/Desktop. > > People need to see KDM for KDE and LXDM for LXDE. Oherwise they > > don't get what they install, which would be a violation of the > > spins guidelines. > > * We don't have a way to install the different spins if everything > > is one media. > > * Even if we had the technology to do this, we would need to do QA > > all over again. > > * This QA would then not cover all test cases. One desktop test > > case for example is that the display manager works and unlocks > > the keyrings automatically (if applicable). > > * If we don't provide the original ISOs, people cannot burn CDs or > > create USB keys from the media. > > I don't think it's a big issue - yes, GDM is visually a little bit plain as > we're trying to have a nice and Fedora artwork matching theme. But as I say - > it's not a big issue. unfortunately the desktop SIG is no longer interested in using a Fedora themed artwork but GNOME upstream one. Apart from the visible difference there are also techical limitations, e.g shutting down the computer from within KDE or fast user switching (opening a 2nd session) do not work. Regards, Christoph _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
