Sync lightdm-settings 1.2.5-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

[Ubuntu Cinnamon]

Please sync lightdm-settings 1.2.5-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped:
  * Bugs
Doesn't startup due to not having slick-greeter package. Lightdm package should also be included in dependencies. Following packages should be including in runtime dependencies: lightdm, slick-greeter

Changelog entries since current eoan version 1.1.4-0ubuntu1:

lightdm-settings (1.2.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Initial release (Closes: #928303).

 -- Simon Quigley <email address hidden> Wed, 01 May 2019 10:12:49 -0500

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Hi, are you requesting this change for 19.10 or for 20.04 LTS?

For 19.10, it is too late for this change. At a minimum, the Debian package would need to include a LP bug in its changelog for a sync to be acceptable. We are now in Final Freeze and any uploads to seeded packages need to be formatted so that they can be handled as SRUs.

By seeded packages, I mean that the package is included in at least one release image of Ubuntu or an official Ubuntu flavor. (That's a close enough definition for here). If you install ubuntu-dev-tools you can run the seeded-in-ubuntu command.

$ seeded-in-ubuntu lightdm-settings
lightdm-settings (from lightdm-settings) is seeded in:
  ubuntu-budgie: daily-live
  ubuntu-mate: daily-live

It might be a good idea to see if the Ubuntu Budgie & MATE teams have an opinion on this update for 19.10 if you think it's needed there.

And there isn't anything in this bug report that says why this new update is needed for 19.10.

Some links for further reading:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EoanErmine/ReleaseSchedule
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

On the other hand, if you were just wanting this to be done when the next release cycle opens, the rest of what I said doesn't really apply here and it will probably be fine for someone to sync it.

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

On behalf of UB and UM, there is no real reason to sync now - nor need to SRU for 19.10. The current version of lightdm-settings works just fine.

I will be testing and when confirmed, sync'ing for the 20.04 dev cycle.

Lets treat this as BAU and will close this.

[Ubuntu Cinnamon (ubuntucinnamon)]

Sorry for late response-this was meant for focal.

If you run lightdm-settings in terminal without slick-greeter installed you can easily find the error.