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Subject: Re: Reviving lightdm-kde-greeter upstream
From: Ben Cooksley <bcooksley () kde ! org>
Date: 2023-11-30 9:10:49
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 12:06 AM Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org> wrote:
> El dimarts, 28 de novembre de 2023, a les 11:25:42 (CET), Ben Cooksley va
> escriure:
> > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:51 PM Anton Golubev <golubevan@altlinux.org>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > On 11/25/23 02:14, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > > > Since you don't seem to be a KDE devel just yet this would probably
> have
> > >
> > > to go
> > >
> > > > through the https://community.kde.org/Incubator program.
> > >
> > > The instructions on the link say that I need to create a new project on
> > > invent.kde.org, but it already exists[3]? what should I do? (A quick
> > > search on the list did not yield any examples)
> >
> > This is the first time that the revival of a project that has been
> archived
> > on invent.kde.org has taken place, so we're in new territory.
> > The whole point of archival of these projects though is to allow for them
> > to be restored later on.
> >
> > To proceed here, we first will need to get you a developer account - this
> > can be handled under the Incubator program, so you'll need everything
> that
> > goes along with that.
> >
> > From there, we can reinstate the unmaintained project and transfer it to
> an
> > appropriate namespace (likely Plasma given this is a workspace component,
> > and would be consistent given the SDDM KCM lives there as well).
>
> Not sure if Plasma would make sense here unless the Plasma team actually
> wants
> it, since AFAIU everything under Plasma gets released on Plasma releases,
> which may not be what is wanted here.
>
There are definitely repositories under Plasma that the Plasma team doesn't
release.
The group Plasma on invent more refers to our Workspace products, which a
LightDM greeter would fall into the realm of.
Unless someone has a better idea of where to put it?
> Anyhow, do we have someone that wants to help Incubate this?
>
> Cheers,
> Albert
>
Cheers,
Ben
>
> > That will have to be done by a Sysadmin so please file a ticket once you
> > have a developer account. That will also allow us to facilitate catching
> up
> > the original KDE repository with the subsequent contributions that
> happened
> > in your Gitlab.com repository.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ben
> >
> > > > [1]: https://git.altlinux.org/gears/l/lightdm-kde-greeter.git
> > > > [2]: https://gitlab.com/golubevan/lightdm-kde-greeter
> > > > [3]: https://invent.kde.org/unmaintained/lightd
>
>
>
>
>
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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 12:06 AM Albert Astals Cid \
<<a href="mailto:aacid@kde.org" target="_blank">aacid@kde.org</a>> \
wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">El dimarts, 28 de novembre de 2023, a les 11:25:42 \
(CET), Ben Cooksley va <br> escriure:<br>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:51 PM Anton Golubev <<a \
href="mailto:golubevan@altlinux.org" \
target="_blank">golubevan@altlinux.org</a>><br> > <br>
> wrote:<br>
> > On 11/25/23 02:14, Albert Astals Cid wrote:<br>
> > > Since you don't seem to be a KDE devel just yet this would \
probably have<br> > > <br>
> > to go<br>
> > <br>
> > > through the <a href="https://community.kde.org/Incubator" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.kde.org/Incubator</a> program.<br> \
> > <br> > > The instructions on the link say that I need to create a new \
project on<br> > > <a href="http://invent.kde.org" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">invent.kde.org</a>, but it already exists[3]? what should I do? (A \
quick<br> > > search on the list did not yield any examples)<br>
> <br>
> This is the first time that the revival of a project that has been archived<br>
> on <a href="http://invent.kde.org" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">invent.kde.org</a> has taken place, so we're in new \
territory.<br> > The whole point of archival of these projects though is to allow \
for them<br> > to be restored later on.<br>
> <br>
> To proceed here, we first will need to get you a developer account - this<br>
> can be handled under the Incubator program, so you'll need everything \
that<br> > goes along with that.<br>
> <br>
> From there, we can reinstate the unmaintained project and transfer it to an<br>
> appropriate namespace (likely Plasma given this is a workspace component,<br>
> and would be consistent given the SDDM KCM lives there as well).<br>
<br>
Not sure if Plasma would make sense here unless the Plasma team actually wants <br>
it, since AFAIU everything under Plasma gets released on Plasma releases, <br>
which may not be what is wanted here.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are \
definitely repositories under Plasma that the Plasma team doesn't \
release.</div><div><br></div><div>The group Plasma on invent more refers to our \
Workspace products, which a LightDM greeter would fall into the realm \
of.<br></div><div>Unless someone has a better idea of where to put \
it?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br>
Anyhow, do we have someone that wants to help Incubate this?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Albert<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Ben</div><div> \
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px \
solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br>
> That will have to be done by a Sysadmin so please file a ticket once you<br>
> have a developer account. That will also allow us to facilitate catching up<br>
> the original KDE repository with the subsequent contributions that happened<br>
> in your Gitlab.com repository.<br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Ben<br>
> <br>
> > > [1]: <a \
href="https://git.altlinux.org/gears/l/lightdm-kde-greeter.git" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://git.altlinux.org/gears/l/lightdm-kde-greeter.git</a><br> > \
> > [2]: <a href="https://gitlab.com/golubevan/lightdm-kde-greeter" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/golubevan/lightdm-kde-greeter</a><br>
> > > [3]: <a href="https://invent.kde.org/unmaintained/lightd" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://invent.kde.org/unmaintained/lightd</a><br> \
<br> <br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>
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