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v0.2.1 - Last Release For lightdm-webkit2-greeter

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@mshernandez5 mshernandez5 released this 19 Nov 20:51
· 84 commits to master since this release

The only notable change with this release is solving issue #6 by adding the ability to switch users with the TAB key which also allows quicker entry into the password field.

However, this marks the last release which supports lightdm-webkit2-greeter.

As you may know, lightdm-webkit2-greeter was maintained by the Antergos team which fell apart years ago.
Unfortunately, this left us in a situation where lots of themes (this one included) were reliant on an unmaintained package; if anything were to break as the software around it updates, we'd all be out of luck.

Fortunately, @JezerM revived work on the project in the form of web-greeter 3.0.

Even better, they began work on a new project which creates a more modern substitute to the aging lightdm-webkit2-greeter using Node.js and Electron: nody-greeter.

WelcomeXP is migrating to supporting these projects instead of lightdm-webkit2-greeter.

While themes for nody-greeter and web-greeter 3.0 should work with either interchangeably, moving to work with them will render WelcomeXP incompatible with lightdm-webkit2-greeter. Unfortunately for those who installed this theme previously, this means any future updates will not be as straightforward and will require switching to one of the new greeters.