Re: [Tails-dev] Please review'n'merge feature/5588-no-autolo…

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intrigeri wrote (22 Dec 2013 19:09:23 GMT) :
> please review feature/5588-no-autologin-consoles and merge it into
> devel, candidate for 0.23. Ticket = #5588.


> There's a branch in our main repo + another one (same name) with
> a snapshot version in the greeter repo, so the merge implies to
> release tails-greeter 0.7.23.


> Assigned to the 0.23 RM for review, but I bet anonym would not mind if
> someone beat him to it.


> Note that there's one potentially non-consensual in there:


> commit 1337104f82a6c6aa03eb7f5ed995761ce07fdf92
> Author: Tails developers <amnesia@???>
> Date: Sun Dec 22 18:03:16 2013 +0000


>     Drop console localization profile.d snippet.


>     We don't autologin the consoles anymore, so we don't need something this
>     complicated anymore. I could not bother myself to adapt and simplify it as:


>      * It's broken on feature/wheezy (#5583) and I see little use in spending any
>        time on this feature at this point.
>      * Seriously, the intended users (debugging for developers or power-users) can
>        as well `loadkeys' their preferred layout.
>      * The removed snippet required tails-greeter to give the "amnesia" user the
>        right to run "setupcon" as root.


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