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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1052b98 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +gdm3 (42.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium + + In Debian 11, gdm3 provided a desktop session named "System X11 Default", + which would attempt to choose a desktop session implementation from + among many options: + + - the user-specific executable or shell script ~/.xsession or ~/.Xsession + - the system-wide default for the x-session-manager alternative + - the system-wide default for the x-window-manager alternative, + even if it is only a window manager and not a complete desktop + environment + - as a last resort, the system-wide default for the x-terminal-emulator + alternative + + This option's name was confusing, because it was difficult to predict + which desktop environment would result from choosing it, and it has + not been the default choice since Debian 10. It is no longer provided. + + Users of ~/.xsession, ~/.Xsession, or a session manager or window manager + that is not already listed as an option should configure a custom session + definition that will run it, for example by copying + /usr/share/doc/gdm3/examples/custom-x11-session.desktop into + /etc/X11/sessions and editing it as desired. Please see the example file + or run yelp help:system-admin-guide/session-custom + to read the documentation provided by the gnome-user-docs package. + + -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:22:39 +0000 |