New lightdm in sid

[melmarker]

Hi, there is a new lightdm in sid - so, if apt asks - the best choice is 'N'

[mylo]

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pol lightdm
lightdm:
  Installiert:           1.14.0-1
  Installationskandidat: 1.14.0-1

Is it already the new one?

[melmarker]

nope

apt-cache policy lightdm
lightdm:
  Installiert:           1.14.2-1
  Installationskandidat: 1.14.2-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.14.2-1 0
        990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.14.0-1 0
        500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages

[mylo]

yep, that version arrived in between.

[KrunchTime]

Hi, there is a new lightdm in sid - so, if apt asks - the best choice is 'N'

Is this still an issue and if so, why do you suggest choosing not to upgrade the package?

[melmarker]

@KrunchTime - this was for the debconf message - don't use the settings from the maintainer (=debian)

[KrunchTime]

Thank you, melmarker.

[holgerw]

Hello Alf,

so we've following situations during a dist-upgrade, when aswering questions refering to package settings:
1. package A comes from siduction repo, is a modified debian package and package A-new comes from debian repo
2. package A comes from siduction repo, is a modified debian package and package A-new also comes from siduction repo
3. package A comes from debian repo and A-new comes from siduction repo (perhaps a fix of broken stuff)
4. package A comes from debian repo and A-new also comes from debian repo
5. package A is a special siduction tool like ceni and A-new also comes from siduction

I guess, 1 is a candidate for answering no for holding siduction settings, 2,3,5 are candidates for yes, and 4 is a candidate for reading DU warnings carefully before answering

Am I right here?

Kind regards,
  Holger

[piper]

Always go with "N"  = everything

Unless something is posted here in the forums, is probably the best, safest way to go.

It's always been that way in sid as far as I can remember.

[melmarker]

@piper and holgerw - one could press D for diff - and descide if the proposed changes make sense

[piper]

I have just dedicated sddm as default for now, been running smooth, so I''l keep it.

[melmarker]

@piper: you are a native speaker and use no such things like alternative keyboard layouts or fucking umlauts in your usernames and passwords? Ok, in that case is sddm a good choice

Edit: Looking into the sddm bugtracker and sources it might be that some of the things that i hate in sddm will be addressed within the next sddm release.

[piper]

@melmarker: i suppose i keep forgetting about the native shit, but yeah, fucking umlauts would piss me off too