Implementation of custom boot menu for GDM3 as part of GSoC2011 project.
This page will contain current plans, overall design description, project status updates, documentation and random pieces of information.
Developers are encouraged to provide input for various options to be asked via boot-menu using following template:
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Template for description of settings which are needed to be requested via tails-greeter before logon:
1. name - just something we will use to point to during discussions
2. default value(s) - if any
3. effects - what exactly this option will trigger (e. g. write to some file(s), exec some processes, fire d-bus signals etc)
4. ui-hint - short description to be displayed for user in order to help him to figure out how to properly set this option
5. responsible dev - contact details
6. dev's notes - overall description from dev's point of view (why do we need this option? what are the dependencies? how do we handle it now? how do we test implementation? any other comments?)
As of Tails 0.7, it is too easy to shutdown Tails. It shuts down, without waiting for confirmation, if I bump the Eject button on my laptop's CD drive, which is not an uncommon event when moving the laptop across the room. It wouldn't be a big deal if pressing Eject brought up a confirmation dialog box, but immediate unconfirmed shutdown is too much.