Am 24.04.19 um 22:31 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > Michael Biebl, le mer. 24 avril 2019 22:21:03 +0200, a ecrit: >> Am 24.04.19 um 21:58 schrieb Samuel Thibault: >>> Michael Biebl, le mer. 24 avril 2019 21:40:04 +0200, a ecrit: >>>> Am 24.04.19 um 21:24 schrieb Samuel Thibault: >>>>> consolekit has been removed, please drop the dependency from the >>>>> policykit-1 package, as the attached patch does. >>>> >>>> I guess we should make policykit-1 linux-any, given that we don't have a >>>> working backend on !linux. >>> >>> That'd notably mean having to make the libpolkit-gobject-1-dev >>> dependency [linux-any] on apparently 69 packages. >> >> How so? It would just mean those packages become unbuildable on !linux > > Yes, while a lot of them would just build and work fine on !linux > without any change anywhere but keep policykit-1 build find on > !linux. > > For instance brltty's dependency on policykit is just a convenience, it > can fully work without it. That's probably the same for a lot of these > 69 packages. I don't personally plan to take the time to have a look at > these 69 packages. I don't think anybody will happily plan to. >
Well, I don't think the alternative is better, i.e. pretend policykit-1 is workable on !linux, even if that means it is less convenient. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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