So Cinnamon and Mate are building and running systemd-less now, and with
proper shutdown capability.

https://git.devuan.org/groups/gnome

i386 and amd64 .debs are available on my repository (Jessie *only*):

http://pkg.realitysend.net/


~jaret



On 05/29/2015 08:14 PM, Jaret Cantu wrote:
> Just did a systemd-free build of Cinnaminnaminnamon this morning and...
>
> Shutdown instead Logs Out. Like, not even a modal to pop up with
> grayed-out buttons like a misconfigured XFCE: it just logs you out.
>
> It looks like instead of the normal DE systemd-or-ConsoleKit choice,
> Cinnaminnaminnaminnaminnamon has
> systemd-or-Old-UPower-and-thus-ConsoleKit. So, the combination of no
> systemd and a new UPower leaves it inside of a power-management vacuum.
>
> My suspicion is that "old UPower" can be "any UPower", but a-patchin'
> will have to be done (or maybe an OpenBSD patch raid?)
>
> I've uploaded the three scrubbed packages to the Devuan GitLab gnome
> group; there are some gnome3 dependencies that it uses, although since
> I already had them installed on my system, I'm not quite sure which ones.
>
> I'll put the prebuilt packages on my mirror once I figure out that
> shutdown thing. And I'll have to figure it out now or else lose sleep
> obsessing over it.
>
>
> I must say, Cinna[REDACTED]mon seems pretty snappy -- although maybe
> that is just an illusion caused by how much new windows grow in size?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jaret Cantu
>