[RP] Re: Bug#307779: ratpoison: add Xsession entry (to be started from GDM, for example)

[Jonathan Walther]

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The patch is applied, new package uploaded to incoming.  Hope this gets
into stable.

Luca, do you know how to do the same thing for KDM?

Jonathan

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On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 04:03:57PM +0200, Martin Samuelsson wrote:
> Luca Capello @ 2005-05-05 (Thursday), 14:37 (+0200)
> > Hello!
> >
> > I use GDM and after having installed ratpoison I found that I don't
> > have an entry in the GDM Session menu, where there are GNOME and
> > Openbox.
> >
> > So, attached the patch to add a Xsession entry (based on the Openbox
> > one): obviously, the patch modifies also debian/rules to install the
> > Xsession entry.
> >
> > Please consider for applying,
> >
> > Thx, bye,
> > Gismo / Luca
>
> Great!
>
> I like this idea! Just because ratpoison might require an advanced user
> to be used it shouldn't mean it should need extra work done just to be
> used. Once installed it should just work. (And after all its default
> greeting tells the user how to get help.)  (:
>
> My opinion is: please apply to the package! (post sarge)
> (However my words might, or might not, be of importance)
>
> It seems like packages in general do not use the icon field in the
> xsession file. Is there a reason behind that? I googled a bit, but
> didn't find anything. Gnome as one example I think would have a icon, so
> maybe Debian prefers to always display a swirl instead of the session
> specific icon?
>
> An issue that has troubled me for a while now is the debian/ directory
> in upstream cvs. Couldn't that one be either removed, or preferably kept
> up to date with the official debian/ directory? Several solutions for
> implementing that are possible, delegating responsibility and giving
> commit access to krooger is one - setting up a script that automatically
> commits and debchanges released versions into upstream cvs is another. I
> could volunteer to write that script if it were to put into live action.
> --
> /Martin

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