Bug#553426: choose-session option missing with no upgrade path

[Joerg Dorchain]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.26.2-1

Hello,

I am using shared home directories on a group of machines. For
some reasons (screen sizes, typical usage) I want to have
individual sessions for each machine. The simplest way I found
was to have an .Xsession file with the following content:
exec gnome-session --choose-session `echo -n \`hostname\``

With this version however the --choose-session option is gone
with no clear upgrade path. This has two effects:

- gnome-session and X via startx does not start at all, leaving
  no direct trace to the --choose-session option anywhere. IMHO
  this change should be made clearer, at least in a file in
  /usr/share/doc/gnome-session/
  A very obcure thing to debug, IMHO impossible for mere users.
  Thus, the upgrade breaks previously running systems without
  notice.

- I have no idea and found no information on how to convert my
  old sessions from .gnome2/session into the new format. Internet
  search does not really help here. If this bug report does not
  help neither, I have to consider that this upgrade caused a loss of
  user data.
  If there is a procedure (script would be fine), it could be
  mentioned in /usr/share/doc/gnome-session/upgrade or the like.

Bye,

Joerg
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