Comment # 7 on bug 981372 from Dr. Werner Fink

(In reply to Bj�rn Lie from comment #5)

> But answer me this, why would a user launch gdm as loginmanager, when this
> means he has to run gnome-shell, and then log in to a older type vm/session?

Here around there are multi user workstations/servers with gdm with NFS share
automounting the user's HOME. The small idea was to allow users here and
elsewhere to use their personal ~/.xsession scripts.

> I humbly ask that you will both reconsider the decision to install 
> xdm-xsession by default as I sincerely fail to see the benefit for our users 
> that there is a ever growing list of login options by default.

Egbert had already this idea and I have no problem with this.