On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 17:20 +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Am Mittwoch, den 27.11.2013, 09:42 -0500 schrieb Matthias Clasen:
It will have a default user experience that is using one desktop environment, GNOME. We will define criteria for other desktop environments to be installable as alternatives. Those criteria will include things such as:
- use logind for session registration
- work with gdm as the display manager
- does not interfere with the default user experience (cf the recent
incident where installing cinnamon broke screen locking in GNOME)
Why do you use the term "default user experience" when you in fact are talking about gnome and gdm? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the working group has not made a decision yet.
I think that GNOME is the DE suited best to become the default, but I cannot support your other criteria. If other desktops are not supposed to not interfere with GNOME, can we expect GNOME to not interfere with other desktops?
I would expect that clear rules about expected integration points would help avoiding interference both ways. Do you have any concrete example in mind where GNOME trampled other desktops ?