ConsoleKit 0.2.4

Michael Biebl mbiebl at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 09:11:03 PST 2008


2008/1/25, Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka at web.de>:
> On Donnerstag, 24. Januar 2008, Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
> > 2008/1/24 S.Çağlar Onur <caglar at pardus.org.tr>:
> > > So if we start to implement _these actions_ in ConsoleKit and let
> > > ConsoleKit decide itself _what to do or not to do_ thats clearly a design
> > > violation (at least for me). And if we really need a decision maker for
> > > reboot request "/sbin/halt" for console and login managers for GUI is the
> > > right place to put this on based on the ConsoleKit and PolicyKit's
> > > informations.
> > >
> > > We already have enough vodooo black magic between pm-utils and HAL, so
> > > please, please, please, do not introduce another one. Let ConsoleKit act
> > > like an information provider about users/sessions etc. and others to use
> > > it.
> >
> > +1 from both the packager's and software developer's point of view.
> > The fewer cross-deps the better and if 3+ packages have circular
> > dependencies and provide each other with the same information, it's
> > almost impossible to write good documentation for any part of the
> > mechanism without requiring developers to know the rest of the
> > infrastructure. I think PolicyKit and ConsoleKit should be something
> > very easy to utilise and should solve one problem each rather than
> > trying to become a one-kit-to-rule-them-all.
>
> +1, Can't agree more.
>

Hi William,

could you please give us an answer to these concerns that have been raised.

Cheers,
Michael


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