[Mageia-dev] ConsoleKit vs systemd session tracking for Mageia 2

Mon Jan 23 15:51:25 CET 2012

FYI,
+
+A bunch of GNOME modules now have --enable-systemd configure flags. This
+will make them use systemd instead of (deprecated ConsoleKit) to track
+login sessions.
+
+I made a tracker bug on GNOME Bugzilla:
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=systemd
+
+Modules I noticed (and added to the tracker bug):
+ - NetworkManager
+ - gnome-settings-daemon
+ - gnome-session
+ - gnome-control-center
+ - gnome-packagekit
+ - system-monitor
+
+And related to systemd:
+ - gnome-control-center (timedated)
+   This just relies on the daemon to be there; systemd doesn't need to
+   be running (99% sure of this), the daemon is part in the systemd
+   tarball.
+   We do need to ensure Mageia 2 always has timedated. This is used to
+   change the timezone and so on btw.
+
+
+These seem to be compile time checks. Meaning: if --enable-systemd is
+added to ./configure, the functionality won't work on sysvinit. I am not
+sure exactly what will break under sysvinit. The bugreports to contain
+some discussion though.
+
+
+Could a systemd expert look into this and suggest what is best for
+Mageia 2?
+
+-- 
+Regards,
+Olav
+