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254. By Robert Ancell on 2015-07-28

* debian/patches/50_ubuntu_sessions.patch:
  - Drop X-LightDM-DesktopName fields now we have the standard DesktopNames

253. By Jackson Doak on 2015-06-05

* Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
  - debian/control.in:
    + Recommend session-migration
    + don't depend on xwayland
    + Remove gnome-shell circular dep to ease uprades
  - Split ubuntu-session out of gnome-session.
  - Add upstart user session
  - debian/gnome-session-bin.postinst, debian/gnome-session-bin.prerm:
     Moved registering gnome-session binary as a session manager to
     gnome-session-bin package
  - don't install defaults.list (installed by desktop-file-utils in ubuntu):
    debian/gnome-session-common.dirs and gnome-session-common.install
  - debian/patches/22_support_autostart_delay.patch:
     Bugzilla patch to support adding a delay to autostart apps, using
     a "X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay" key in the desktop file
  - debian/patches/50_ubuntu_sessions.patch:
     + Add Ubuntu session
     + gnome-shell.desktop adds --session=gnome now that the "ubuntu" session
       is the default. Use TryExec to test if gnome-shell is installed.
  - debian/patches/51_remove_session_saving_from_gui.patch:
     add GNOME_SESSION_SAVE environment variable for people wanting to
     use the save session still, knowing that it can break your system
     if used unwisely
  - debian/patches/52_xdg_current_desktop.patch:
    Set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP inside gnome-session based on a new key
    'DesktopName' in gnome-session .desktop files.
  - debian/patches/53_add_sessionmigration.patch, debian/control:
    recommends and launch the session-migration if present at the start of
    the session. This sync tool is running different session migration
    scripts that can be provided in various desktop packages.
  - debian/patches/95_dbus_request_shutdown.patch: Add "RequestShutdown" and
    "RequestReboot" DBus methods to allow other applications to shutdown or
    reboot the machine via the session manager.
  - debian/patches/103_kill_the_fail_whale.patch: Kill the Fail Whale as it
    tends to be more annoying than helpful
  - debian/gnome-session-bin.user-session.upstart: Disable acceleration check
    when launching a GNOME Flashback (Metacity) session.
  - Split wayland session into gnome-session-wayland
    + control.in: add gnome-session-wayland package and depend on xwayland
    + gnome-session-wayland.install: install wayland session

252. By Robert Ancell on 2015-05-20

* debian/50-ubuntu.conf:
  - Use new [Seat:*] section instead of deprecated [SeatDefaults]
    (LP: #1456449)

251. By Iain Lane on 2015-05-18

* Merge from Debian, Remaining Changes:
  - debian/control.in:
    + Recommend session-migration
    + don't depend on xwayland
    + Remove gnome-shell circular dep to ease uprades
  - Split ubuntu-session out of gnome-session.
  - Add upstart user session
  - debian/gnome-session-bin.postinst, debian/gnome-session-bin.prerm:
     Moved registering gnome-session binary as a session manager to
     gnome-session-bin package
  - don't install defaults.list (installed by desktop-file-utils in ubuntu):
    debian/gnome-session-common.dirs and gnome-session-common.install
  - debian/patches/22_support_autostart_delay.patch:
     Bugzilla patch to support adding a delay to autostart apps, using
     a "X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay" key in the desktop file
  - debian/patches/50_ubuntu_sessions.patch:
     + Add Ubuntu session
     + gnome-shell.desktop adds --session=gnome now that the "ubuntu" session
       is the default. Use TryExec to test if gnome-shell is installed.
  - debian/patches/51_remove_session_saving_from_gui.patch:
     add GNOME_SESSION_SAVE environment variable for people wanting to
     use the save session still, knowing that it can break your system
     if used unwisely
  - debian/patches/52_xdg_current_desktop.patch:
    Set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP inside gnome-session based on a new key
    'DesktopName' in gnome-session .desktop files.
  - debian/patches/53_add_sessionmigration.patch, debian/control:
    recommends and launch the session-migration if present at the start of
    the session. This sync tool is running different session migration
    scripts that can be provided in various desktop packages.
  - debian/patches/95_dbus_request_shutdown.patch: Add "RequestShutdown" and
    "RequestReboot" DBus methods to allow other applications to shutdown or
    reboot the machine via the session manager.
  - debian/patches/103_kill_the_fail_whale.patch: Kill the Fail Whale as it
    tends to be more annoying than helpful
  - debian/patches/git_add_disable_acceleration_option.patch: Import upstream
    patch to add a --disable_acceleration_check command-line option.
  - debian/gnome-session-bin.user-session.upstart: Disable acceleration check
    when launching a GNOME Flashback (Metacity) session.
  - Split wayland session into gnome-session-wayland
    + control.in: add gnome-session-wayland package and depend on xwayland
    + gnome-session-wayland.install: install wayland session

250. By Iain Lane on 2015-04-29

In 3.14.0-2ubuntu1, RequiredComponents of ubuntu (unity)'s session file
incorrectly gained compiz. This caused compiz to be started by
gnome-session and not to be managed by upstart in user sessions meaning,
for example, that it won't be restarted correctly in the event of a crash.
(LP: #1449959)

249. By Dmitry Shachnev on 2015-03-20

[ Tim Lunn ]
* debian/patches/103_kill_the_fail_whale.patch: fix logic gnome-session
  should die at this point. This will fix LP: #1236749,
  LP: #1385572 and possibly various other strange bugs

[ Ryan Tandy ]
* debian/patches/git_add_disable_acceleration_option.patch: Import upstream
  patch to add a --disable_acceleration_check command-line option.
  (LP: #1251281)
* debian/gnome-session-bin.user-session.upstart: Disable acceleration check
  when launching a GNOME Flashback (Metacity) session.

248. By Tim Lunn on 2015-01-09

* Split wayland session into gnome-session-wayland (LP: #247500)
  - control.in: add gnome-session-wayland package and depend on xwayland
  - gnome-session-wayland.install: install wayland session

247. By Adam Conrad on 2014-10-31

debian/control.in: Remove circular gnome-shell dep to ease upgrades.

246. By Tim Lunn on 2014-10-31

* Merge from Debian, Remaining Changes:
  - debian/control.in:
    + Recommend session-migration
    * don't depend on xwayland
  - debian/gnome-session.install: Don't install wayland session for now
    since its not yet possible to run it
  - Split ubuntu-session out of gnome-session.
  - Add upstart user session
  - debian/gnome-session-bin.postinst, debian/gnome-session-bin.prerm:
     Moved registering gnome-session binary as a session manager to
     gnome-session-bin package
  - don't install defaults.list (installed by desktop-file-utils in ubuntu):
     debian/gnome-session-common.dirs and gnome-session-common.install
 - debian/patches/22_support_autostart_delay.patch:
    Bugzilla patch to support adding a delay to autostart apps, using
    a "X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay" key in the desktop file
 - debian/patches/50_ubuntu_sessions.patch:
    + Add Ubuntu session
    + gnome-shell.desktop adds --session=gnome now that the "ubuntu" session
      is the default. Use TryExec to test if gnome-shell is installed.
 - debian/patches/51_remove_session_saving_from_gui.patch:
    add GNOME_SESSION_SAVE environment variable for people wanting to
    use the save session still, knowing that it can break your system
    if used unwisely (LP: #771896)
 - debian/patches/52_xdg_current_desktop.patch:
    Set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP inside gnome-session based on a
    new key 'DesktopName' in gnome-session .desktop files.
 - debian/patches/53_add_sessionmigration.patch, debian/control:
    recommends and launch the session-migration if present at the start
    of the session. This sync tool is running different session migration
    scripts that can be provided in various desktop packages.
 - debian/patches/95_dbus_request_shutdown.patch:
    Add "RequestShutdown" and "RequestReboot" DBus methods to allow other
    applications to shutdown or reboot the machine via the session manager.
  - debian/patches/103_kill_the_fail_whale.patch:
    Kill the Fail Whale as it tends to be more annoying than helpful
* debian/patches/revert_remove_gnome_session_properties.patch
* Dropped Changes:
* debian/patches/52_xdg_current_desktop.patch: Dropped Upsream includes a
  fallback to set this now.
* Remove patches that have been disabled since 3.8

245. By Tim Lunn on 2014-10-15

set GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE for gnome-classic sessions (LP: #1381297)