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lightdm package

  1. Bug #806559
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 806559

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Converting all *dm packages to have /etc/X11/default-display-manager be handled as an alternative seems too expensive to me.

So I think we are down to two options:

 * Add an upgrade quirk to update-manager to remove gdm. Then you'd only get the question if you use apt-get, which is fair I think. However, it means that you can't restart your session if the upgrade gets interrupted, or after the upgrade finished.

 * Lower debconf priority and make lightdm the default when you install it from scratch. That would mean that lightdm would behave differently than other *dms, and would make itself the default automatically. Given that you just installed it this isn't unreasonable IMHO.

I'm currently leaning towards the second solution. Robert, Michael, WDYT?