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[Michael Terry <michael.terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello!  The split greeter feature is almost ready, so I wanted to get some
wider testing.

The "split greeter feature" refers to moving the welcome screen out of the
unity8 executable and into its own process, managed by LightDM as a proper
system greeter.  (This is necessary for proper security and supporting
multiple users.)

Note that the only visual change is going to be the boot animation.
 Everything else is under-the-hood changes.  So prepare to be underwhelmed
(hopefully -- ideally you're not whelmed by bugs).

I'd especially appreciate testing around interactions between the greeter
and the rest of the system (phone calls, texts, launching apps, unlocking
sim card).

Here's how to test:
$ ubuntu-device-flash --channel=trusty-proposed
$ adb shell
# add-apt-repository ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/landing-004
# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# exit
$ adb reboot

Known Mir bugs in this PPA being worked on:
- Screen turns on again by itself after being turned off -- turning back on
and off will fix temporarily
- Entering text in OSK keyboard "passes through" and also acts as clicks in
shell.  And it won't dismiss.  So be careful about using keyboard.

Other issues not yet represented in that PPA:
- Final boot animation (it will use Ubuntu logo instead of spinner)
- Sliding greeter aside animation will look nicer (right now it looks like
greeter is a flat sheet on top of session)

-- 
-mt