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Linux desktop security was (and largely still is) in shambles. Logind at least tried to force some sanity. Was is executed well? No, not at all. In typical FOS
by pas 7y ago
Linux desktop security was (and largely still is) in shambles. Logind at least tried to force some sanity.
Was is executed well? No, not at all. In typical FOSS fashion it just changed from one release to the other, and that's it.
Yes, there were probably notes about it somewhere in a long forgotten changelog deeplinked 4-5 clicks below the surface of Debian's and Ubuntu's homepage.
Should have they introduced a deprecation period? I don't know, maybe, probably. (But who are "they"? systemd maintainers? Debian/Ubuntu?)