bug#57292: [PATCH] WIP: gnu: propagate inputs for gdm and rework gdm-service-type.

[Liliana Marie Prikler]

Am Montag, dem 29.01.2024 um 21:31 +0000 schrieb Dariqq:
> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gdm)[propagated inputs]: Add adwaita-icon-
> theme,
> dconf, font-abattis-cantarell, gnome-control-center.
> * gnu/services/xorg.scm (gdm-shepherd-service): Set XDG_DATA_DIR to
> run/current-system/profile/share.
> (gdm-profile-service): New variable.
> (gdm-service-type): Use gdm-profile-service.
> (gdm-configuration-gnome-shell-assets): Set default to gnome-shell.
> 
> Change-Id: I870206a9ee6a7481d19e6b38b6a3ee72b5801c6a
> ---
> Hi Maxim and others,
> This is not quite the explicit wrapper we talked about on IRC but
> something similiar.
> 
> The gdm package now propagates the packages from gnome-shell-assets
> and I added dconf and gnome-control-center for basic accessibility
> settings functionality + icon. Does this introduce a problem as dconf
> is already a natice input?
> Maybe also some other packages can be added like  at-spi2-core, orca,
> ... or is this something the user should add to the system profile
> themselves?
> 
> In order for the gdm-shepherd-service to find the propagated packages
> I changed the XDG_DATA_DIR of the service to the system profile and
> added a gdm-profile-service to add gdm and gnome-shell to the system
> profile. Probably the gnome-shell-assets name should now also be
> changed as is is now only the gnome-shell package.
> 
> What do you think?
In my opinion, adding gnome-shell and gnome-control-center to gdm-
configuration-gnome-shell-assets would be preferable to propagating
inputs.

WDYT?