Re: Replacement/Reinstatement for x11/gdm needed

[Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:56 PM Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> writes:
>
> > You are welcome to add it to pkgsrc-wip, where we don't have any of
> > those pesky quality rules.  If you are able to work out the issues and
> > especially if you become the new upstream and it's maintained, we can
> > talk about adding it back.  See
> >
> >   https://pkgsrc.org/wip/
> >
> > which includes instructions for asking for commit access.
>
> It looks maintained.  I have lost track of gnome2 vs gnome3 vs mate vs
> gnome 44, sorry.  (I use to run gnome but switched to xfce.  Ah for the
> days of uwm and X10!).
>
> I don't know what's up, but my top-level point is that you can create a
> package in wip.  That's then useful for you, and it makes it easier for
> people with commit access to review, help, and perhaps hoist it to
> pkgsrc.

It still builds without any problem.

The reason for deletion in pkgsrc was given by Nia Alarie as:

Log message:
gdm: remove

GNOME 2 version, unlikely to work with modern GNOME.

x11/slim is a good replacement.

PR pkg/56294

If it is maintained, it would be great to include it into pkgsrc again.
Otherwise i have to make up my mind of adding it to wip.

Regards,
Connor