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From: Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gnome Stabilization 3.6 or 3.8
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:27:39
Message-Id: 1376029648.7236.8.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gnome Stabilization 3.6 or 3.8 by Michael Weber
1 El vie, 09-08-2013 a las 02:25 +0200, Michael Weber escribió:
2 > Citing from Pachos blog,
3 >
4 > "[...] we are now forcing people to *run* systemd to be able to properly
5 > run Gnome 3.8, otherwise power management and multiseat support are
6 > lost, [...]" [1].
7
8 > Pacho, would you accept patches and USE flags to make gdm an optional
9 > component to gnome virtual? Power management is not crucial for window
10 > management.
11 >
12 > [1]
13 > http://my.opera.com/pacho/blog/2013/07/24/gnome-3-8-requiring-systemd-on-gentoo
14 >
15
16 I would use gnome-light virtual instead (gnome meta will be kept pulling
17 gdm as gnome session will behave in some kind of "fallback mode" when
18 gdm is not being used to login in (for example, the user switching will
19 change)