Actual results: Not feature to use messages of the day /etc/motd in GNOME Expected results: Ability to use MOTD in GNOME Additional info: http://blogs.gnome.org/view/rodrigo/2005/08/18/1. I believe this is a useful enhancement and relatively small patch to carry
I don't really see the benefit. There is definitely no reason to patch gnome-session for this feature. If an administrator wants this capability they can configure something to start at gdm time or by using gnome-session's autostart ability.