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On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:55 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Michael Palimaka posted on Mon, 04 Apr 2016 05:23:03 +1000 as excerpted: |
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>> The default in KDE 4 was KDM, with lightdm and sddm also supported. |
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>> We included information about migrating away from KDM because it's no |
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>> longer developed or supported and in some cases fails to work with |
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>> Plasma 5 at all. |
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>> lightdm continues to work fine with Plasma 5 so there's no special need |
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>> to replace it. |
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> For clarity, then, why not add a single sentence similar to this (reword |
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> if appropriate): |
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> KDE 4 also supported lightdm and sddm, and users configured to use those |
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> display managers can continue to use them without reconfiguration. |
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You could also use XDM or GDM to launch KDE, but I don't think there's |
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any need to state that in this news item. We only need to make a |
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suggestion for people using the obsolete KDM. |
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