Subject: Re: [bug#35493] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: slim: Allow customisation of Xorg display.

From: Diego Nicola Barbato <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 13:31:35 +0200

Hi Ludo,

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Diego,
>
> Diego Nicola Barbato <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>>>>From 7e7205e0f8d70a89a7ed4fd4844feb9b6a8d8567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Diego Nicola Barbato <[email-masked]>
>> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:48:47 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] gnu: slim: Allow customisation of Xorg display.
>>
>> Previously SLiM could only start on display :0.0.  This change makes it
>> possible to run multiple instances of SLiM at the same time.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/patches/slim-display.patch: New file.
>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
>> * gnu/packages/display-managers.scm (slim): Use it.
>
> [...]
>
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/slim-display.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
>> +Add "display_name" configuration option and use its value instead of
>> +the hard coded one.
>> +
>> +Patch by Diego N. Barbato
>
> The patch LGTM.  Just one question: did you submit it upstream (is there
> still an upstream?), and if so, could we add the URL of upstream’s
> tracking software or an indication about the submission?

I did not submit it upstream (the most likely candidate seems to be this
[0] even though it is not mentioned e.g. on the ArchWiki), since the
general consensus seems to be that the project has been abandoned.

Regards,

Diego

[0]: https://github.com/iwamatsu/slim