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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Fwd: [Bug 53345] .bash_profile  script is not sourced]
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-02-27 15:41:58
Message-ID: 20040227154158.GB1339 () ugly ! local
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:38:43PM -0800, George Lebl wrote:
> About PAM:  Yes I know linux-pam is quite dead and doesn't smell good.

> But since obviously so much stuff depends on it, I expect when things
> get bad, someone will pick it up and fork it.
>
that's the problem: things are considered to work "well enough".

> So someone just needs to fork PAM, or at least start providing a
> patchset outside of the official linux-pam.
>
it is absolutely unrealistic to expect a fork to receive any relevant
amount of attention. that's because PAM is so critical and, well,
"things work well enough". the only forks that have a chance are
distribution-specific branches, but those usually don't see any new
features.

> Or someone needs to kick the pam developers in the butt
>
which developers? :}

> or politely ask them to hand over the maintainership.
> 
i think they would not object ...

> I have no intention of doing that as hacking PAM is not my idea of fun :)
> 
... but this is a widespread notion. :)
well, actually, i would take over maintainership of it, if i wouldn't be
involved in at least five other projects already ...

there is another possibility ... let linux-pam die, absorb the
interesting stuff from it into openpam, and let the freebsd guys do the
hard work. :)

> [...] The .desktop file is the only place to look for so just add
>   Exec=/path/to/startkde
> and all issues are solved. 
>
ok, accepted.

> startkde then sorts out the PATH situation accordingly.
> 
that's going to be the ugly part. let me see what i can come up with. i
think it would be safe to derive the path from $0 even, so no
startkde.in will be required. i'm wondering what to do about qt, though
- anyway, that seems to have worked so far, so i won't bother.

greetings

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