[RFC] Merging LightDM into KDE Workspaces

[Marco Martin]

On Monday 20 August 2012, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> On Monday 20 August 2012 12:34:24 David Edmundson wrote:
> > Obviously replacing any KDE application is a bit of a contentious
> > issue, especially given that KDM still works adequately, though
> > obviously I do feel mine is better. What I would like to do is discuss
> > moving LightDM into KDE workspaces _alongside_ KDM and making
> > compiling KDM optional, but keeping it enabled by default.
> 
> I fully agree here. There is no reason (yet) to remove KDM and the LightDM
> greeter and KDM are actually solving different problems (KDM being a full
> DM while the LightDM greeter is just a greeter for another DM).
> 
> So I fully support the addition of the LightDM greeter as an additional
> optional module in kde-workspace. Given that major distributions (Kubuntu
> and Debian) are switching to LightDM it makes sense to support this
> solution.

yep, agree with both of you.

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Marco Martin