Current progress

• git repositories ready (or, frankly, I feel ready to use them :)
• tried debian packaging and it seems to work ("seems" because it's readily available packages, not my own code yet)
• found example dbus implementation of greeter interface in python: http://doctormo.org/2011/04/12/how-to-make-a-gnome-login-screen-in-python/
• walked through vala code samples for dbus & GUI

Problems

• university workload increased, will post corresponding changes to schedule soon
• GDM's interfaces are not so well documented

Near-future plans

• official coding start
• pick build system (scons? cmake? autotools?), in a mean time will use plain old makefile
• iron-out workflow (code, test, commit, build, report sequence)