txt.fileFeb 5

Once again #KDE tries to get rid of minority distributions. This time by replacing SDDM with PLM (plasma login manager). PLM depends on systemd.
So sooner or later no KDE for #alpineLinux, #FreeBSD, #Gentoo, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, #Slackware, #VoidLinux, etc.

For #BLFS it is no problem as BLFS itself recently discontinued its non-systemd version.
#LFS

Show threadPureTryOutFeb 5
@txt_file Eh, as the maintainer of KDE for Alpine Linux, it'll just keep using SDDM for now and that's no issue whatsoever. postmarketOS will move to PLM though, systemd is just straight up the better option.
If alternative projects come along that provide the same things as systemd does and does it just as well, I'm sure KDE would have no problem supporting them too, but there are no such alternatives at the moment.
Show threadTriddleFeb 5

@bart @txt_file that's fine for you.

Others use KDE on different distros/OSs such as BSD, where systemd is not present.

I personally use KDE on FreeBSD 15. SDDM works, but if it gains a systemd dependency I can still use startx and skip the whole issue. Which I do

But if KDE decides to depend on systemd then I'm out, with no other choice but to use a different DE.

I will not switch from BSD to linux just because KDE made a silly design choice. Yes, that's my silly choice.

Show threadGraham Perrin

@Triddle KDE did not make a silly design choice.

Cc @bart @txt_file

Feb 5 at 6:42pmWeb
Show threadTriddleFeb 5
@grahamperrin @bart @txt_file No, not yet.
Show threadGraham PerrinFeb 5

@Triddle why the doom posting?

Cc @bart @txt_file @kde

Show threadTriddleFeb 5
@grahamperrin @bart @txt_file @kde I'm not. I simply responded to your message, where you picked one sentence and responded to it like I had said KDE had made a bad choice, when in fact I was saying I would stop using KDE if they made that choice.
Been using KDE for a very long time on Linux and FreeBSD and don't wish to change.