[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#586333: Bug#586333: mount /var/run/gdm3 by default (?)

[Roger Leigh]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 05:06:05PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 03:50:27PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > We try to keep what's mounted from the host as minimal as possible,
> > and in this case it's specific to a single application.  It's not
> > required for any use case other than running X applications, so I'd
> > rather keep it out of the default config.
> 
> I won't object your maintainer choice on this. Still, please keep in
> mind that it's a _significant_ use case, it's not just a "single
> application", it's everyone which wants to run any X app from a
> (s)chroot. For amd64 desktop users, it is likely to be the main reason
> for using schroot in the first place :)

Agreed that for many amd64 users, it will be the reason they use
schroot.  But for other cases, the setup is quite different.
This is one reason why I'd like to create different "profiles"
for each major use.  Right now, I'd see that as:

1) desktop users who want 32-bit compatibility, as above
2) buildd/sbuild use (minimal with buildd-specific setup)
3) sandbox or clean base system (minimal setup to reduce security
   issues)
4) custom system not covered by the above (users can do this one
   for themselves)

Rather than the current "default" setup, which is minimal plus some
useful handly extras (mounting /home etc.), we could create fully
functional configurations which needed no further tweaking.  This
should be fairly trivial to do, and would cater much better for all
users (they won't need to manually update the specific configuration
details).

> > I am, however, collecting custom setup scripts and configurations
> > for specific uses in a new contrib directory which I will install
> > under /usr/share/doc.  I can refer to this in README.Debian and/or
> > the upstream docs and include the above mount options for gdm if
> > that sounds OK.
> 
> Wonderful, it sounds like a plan.  If I were the maintainer, I'll
> probably also add a FAQ file mentioning this, as I believe it will
> become a recurrent question. YMMV, of course.

We don't currently have a FAQ; I'll add one.  Thanks for the suggestion.


Regards,
Roger

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