Guest logins, (was Re: [RFC] Merging LightDM into KDE Workspaces (forwarded from plasma-devel))

[Thomas Lübking]

Am 29.08.2012, 22:40 Uhr, schrieb David Edmundson  
<david at davidedmundson.co.uk>:

> I don't quite understand the point you're trying to make, you propose
> how a guest session could work, and it's quite similar to what
> actually happens in LightDM. There's quite a few extra complications,
> but not a lot.

I'm not aware of a single theory that says "adding complexity makes things  
more robust" so i'd avoid adding anything to such a critical process that  
does not /have/ to be there (let alone "not belongs there")

I don't say one could not decide to implement such functionality in the DM  
and if was about an editor, which can also be a screensaver, entertainment  
center, calculator, filemanager, browser, mail client, ... well "emacs",  
i'd just say "hell yes, if you like it?" - but it's not.


> Can I suggest you send your email to
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/lightdm who will be able

Sure, it's certainly more appropriate.

Cheers,
Thomas