Re: xguest by default?

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

Jon Stanley wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Rahul Sundaram
> <sundaram fedoraproject org> wrote:
>
> > xguest provides kiosk mode/ guest user functionality that is very useful for
> > desktop users. xguest has been available in the repository for a few
>
> How do you figure it's useful? I can only imagine the bug reports -
> "all my settings disappear when I log out!" "my wireless key keeps
> getting forgotten!" (insert any number of other complaints due to lack
> of understanding of what's going on here).

Guest user facility is a standard feature is systems like Vista, OS X or 
even Ubuntu recently. I demo'ed this feature recently to some users who 
very much liked it.

> Also, it requires SELinux to be in enforcing mode in order to do it's
> magic - according to smolt, we're at 54.8% of systems with SELinux
> enforcing (notwithstanding that smolt is obviously not an
> authoritative source of data, simply putting a stake in the ground
> here).

Not only is it not authoritative, it is wrong since it was collecting 
incorrect information due to some bug IIRC
> Also, such an item would require exposure and testing.  Feature freeze
> for Fedora 11 is under a week away.

Feature freeze doesn't determine testing and xguest is not a new feature.

Rahul