Re: xdm package
>> I am currently working on the kdebase package which includes the kdm (KDE
>> version of xdm). Should I create a kdm package that does what the xdm package
>> does? Or should I just force users who want the kdm functionality to install
>> xdm as well as kdebase?
>
>FWIW, kdm and login.app do NOT do what xdm does. The current xdm package
>has a mechanism for disabling itself locally, but it's not compatible with
>other packages which provide their own local equivalent of xdm.
How does xdm differ from kdm in functional terms? They both provide an X login
prompt and then run an appropriate window manager...
The xdm package has a lot of stuff that is useful to KDE users (config files)
as well as the xdm program they probably won't want to use. Also there doesn't
seem to be a good way of disabling xdm when the package is installed.
>You should coordinate such an effort to change that with Branden. BTW, I
OK. I've CC'd this message to him. Hopefully he can explain to me what the
plans are for these things.
>thought Stephan Kulow did did the KDE stuff...?
Coolo is doing other things at the moment. I've got KDE CVS access and I've
just been fixing bugs as I find them. I am currently arranging a suitable FTP
server for KDE Debian packages which I hope to have working this week.
PS Can I use the Debian bug tracking system for KDE packages stored on my FTP
server?
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I'll be in London from ~9 Nov 1998. I'd like to meet any Linux users or
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I plan to work in London for 3 - 6 months...
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