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

[Roger Leigh]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 06:35:02PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> 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).

Version 1.4.5-1 which will be uploaded shortly contains four
configuration profiles: minimal, default, desktop and sbuild.
If you could possibly test the "desktop" profile to see if this
fixes your problem and works OK with gdm3 and common desktop
applications, I'd really appreciate it.

If there's anything extra you'd like adding then please let
me know!


Regards,
Roger

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