Piotr Engelking wrote: > Package: gdm > Version: 2.20.9-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Please consider splitting gdmsetup into a separate binary package, for the > following reasons: > > * Gdmsetup is not required for gdm to function, nor related to the core gdm > functionality. > * Gdmsetup runs as root. I am not interested in running X programs as root. > * Gdmsetup has its own dependencies (gksu), the presence of which not > necessarily desirable on a system.
I think gdm 2.26 lacks a gdmsetup binary, if so this wouldn't make much sense. Also, point 1 is pointless as gdmsetup is not big, and 2 and 3 would be fixed by using PolicyKit.
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