On 30/05/16 07:37, dev1fanboy wrote:
> To add my two cents..
>
> Since it's an important package, maybe it's worth seeing if someone can whip up a patch if there isn't already.
>
I'll look into it as I have a patch or to so that it will work nicely
with our desktop-base package as well.
There are a few pull requests against the gitlab archive
https://github.com/data-modul/slim which I can look at integrating
I think whilst it's not ideal, it is the easiest option for us to
maintain as the default for the Jessie release and probably keep around
for ascii until we find a better solution.
Regards
Daniel.
> Also worth pointing out that lilo is without an upstream maintainer as of recently.
>
> Cheers,
>
> chillfan
>
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:08 PM, Irrwahn <irrwahn@???> wrote:
>> To the Devs in charge, and to whom it may concern.
>>
>> I just filed an issue against the Devuan slim package,
>> requesting its removal from future Devuan releases.
>>
>> Full quote below signature.
>>
>> Regards
>> Urban
>>
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>>
>>
>> Request for Removal of slim package from Devuan
>>
>> I hereby request that the slim package, containing the SLiM
>> Simple Login Manager, be removed from future releases of Devuan,
>> at least from the Jessie and testing suites. It may have its place
>> in unstable for the time being.
>>
>> The reasoning that leads to this appeal is as follows:
>>
>> 1. It has no upstream.
>> The project has evidently been abandoned, the homepage was
>> taken off the web, leaving behind a stale github mirror that
>> as of today carries only a README file dated from 2016-04-12,
>> containing the following information, verbatim quote:
>> "Note: This repository was used as backup source and is no
>> longer maintained." [1]
>>
>> 2. SLiM has various apparent issues, notably:
>> * not playing nice with X session managers
>> * being unable to preserve the last chosen session between logins
>> * it is a nuisance to provide user support for
>>
>> 3. It has already been removed from Debian testing and unstable (sic!).
>> There is reason to suspect it would have been removed from Debian 8,
>> were it not for the early Jessie freeze on 2014-11-05.
>>
>> 4. The Devuan package appears orphaned, the code has not been touched
>> for about a year. Considering its upstream is no longer maintained
>> either, the package might impose a security risk not tenable for a
>> stable release.
>>
>> [1] Cf. https://github.com/data-modul/slim
>>
>>
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