User bus conclusion

Lennart Poettering mzqohf at 0pointer.de
Wed Nov 10 05:20:56 PST 2010


On Wed, 10.11.10 03:52, Ryan Lortie (desrt at desrt.ca) wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 08:56 +0100, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > I'll probably ask that the session bus be left as it is: continues to get 
> > started, no repurposing, no deprecation warnings.
> 
> This is the compromise position I mentioned.  Allow desktops that decide
> that only one graphical session per user is allowed to use just the USER
> bus.  Allow desktops who want the possibility of multiple sessions per
> user to use a USER bus plus a SESSION bus.
> 
> That would allow minor disruption to existing users of SESSION but still
> give the benefits of USER to those who want it.

I think a better compromise here could be to allow people to choose
between a user and a session bus, but never offer both at the same
time.

Lennart

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