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