GDM2 2.13.0.0 (unstable), the "Big Jump release"

Sorry for the repost, the version # was wrong in the previous email
and it said "stable" instead of "unstable".  Ignore the previous
announce.

AOOH-GAH
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(If you have no clue what gdm is, skip a few paragraphs down first)

The 2.13.0.0 release of GDM2 is the first release of the 2.13 series.
It has some new features and UI improvements, see below.  The last
GDM release was 2.8.0.5 and the version number is being bumped to
2.13 to match the GNOME release schedule.

Changes

2.13.0.0 stuff:

- Fix problem with PostSession script not always being
   executed when user kills the Xserver with
   ctrl-alt-backspace.  Fixes bug #152906.
   (Jerry G. DeLapp)

- No longer set tooltips for menu items in gdmlogin.
   These do not work with accessibility and no GNOME
   programs use menu tooltips, it is not recommended.
   (Brian Cameron)

- Change the way the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons work
   so they are consistant.  Now the "Cancel" button
   in gdmlogin is active when the Username is requested
   and just clears the field.  This makes gdmlogin work
   like gdmgreeter.  Now make the buttons insensitive
   when the ok/enter/tab is pressed and make them
   sensitive again when the greeter wants entry.  This
   fixes a bug where the greeter's memory could get
   corrupted by pressing "Cancel" after authentication
   (which would only happen if the PostLogin script
   caused a long enough delay to allow this to happen
   or perhaps on a really slow machine).  (Brian
   Cameron)

- Correct reading of config file in gdmflexiserver.
   (Christiaan Welvaart)

- GNOME HIG fixes for the Language, Session, and
   Message dialogs.  (Dennis Cranston)

- Define SoundProgram to be /usr/bin/audioplay instead
   of /usr/bin/play on Solaris.  /usr/bin/play does not
   exist on Solaris.

- Better /etc/default/login support on Solaris.  Previously
   it supported only PASSREQ.  Now it supports PATH, SUPATH
   and CONSOLE (the same ones CDE login supports).  Added
   new PasswordRequired gdm.conf setting so that PASSREQ
   can be controlled via gdm.conf as well.

- Memory leaks fixed.  (Steve Grubb/Brian Cameron)

- Improvements to strings and docs (Adam Weinberger,
   Brian Cameron)

- Translation updates (Takeshi AIHANA, Runa Bhattacharjee,
   Priit Laes, Chao-Hsiung Liao, Ignacio Casal Quinteiro,
   Vincent van Adrighem, Funda Wang, Adam Weinberger)

Note:  GDM2 was originally written by Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>.
Much work has been done on GDM2 by George Lebl, and Brian Cameron
currently shares maintainership duties with the Queen of England.

Note2:  If installing from the tarball do note that make install overwrites
most of the setup files, all except gdm.conf.  It will however save backups
with the .orig extension first.

#ifndef GDM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
Note3:  Note3 has been depracated ...
#endif /* GDM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */

Downloading:
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Webpage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.8/

No RPM this time around BTW.  Have fun.  A spec file is included though,
so you can try:

   rpmbuild -ta gdm-whatever.tar.gz

Have fun,

Brian

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