** Description changed: Debian has removed gksu. I recommend that we remove gksu and libgksu for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS also. It has recommended that developers use PolicyKit to only use elevated privileges for the specific actions where it is needed. It is recommended that users use the gvfs admin backend available in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS. You can do this with the admin:// prefix. For instance, instead of running gksu gedit or gksu nautilus to edit say /etc/default/grub, navigate to admin:///etc/default/ and open the grub file. Ubuntu 17.10's default session (a themed GNOME on Wayland) does not support gksu. Ubuntu 18.04 switched back to using X instead of Wayland as default but it is expected that Wayland will once again be the default in 18.10. $ reverse-depends src:gksu Reverse-Recommends ================== * macchanger-gtk (for gksu) * wicd-gtk (for gksu) - * zenmap (for gksu) Reverse-Depends =============== * edubuntu-netboot (for gksu) * peony-gksu (for gksu) * umit (for gksu) List of packages to remove and commentary ----------------------------------------- * macchanger-gtk: Removed from Debian Testing in January 2017 for a security bug * libui-dialog-perl: no other rdepends but macchanger-gtk. This is the security bug that got macchanger-gtk removed from Testing. Debian bug 496448 * edubuntu-netboot: never in Debian. Edubuntu is "on hold" since 2016. * umit: never in Debian, appears unmaintained upstream since at least 2014 (maybe 2012?) * gksu * libgksu Blocker bug ----------- peony-gksu (source peony-extensions) was accepted into Ubuntu in April 2018. See LP: #1764201 References ---------- https://jeremy.bicha.net/2018/03/21/gksu-is-dead/ https://bugs.debian.org/892768
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gksu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu Status in edubuntu-netboot package in Ubuntu: New Status in gksu package in Ubuntu: New Status in libgksu package in Ubuntu: New Status in libui-dialog-perl package in Ubuntu: New Status in macchanger-gtk package in Ubuntu: New Status in network-config package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in sbackup package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in umit package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Debian has removed gksu. I recommend that we remove gksu and libgksu for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS also. It has recommended that developers use PolicyKit to only use elevated privileges for the specific actions where it is needed. It is recommended that users use the gvfs admin backend available in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS. You can do this with the admin:// prefix. For instance, instead of running gksu gedit or gksu nautilus to edit say /etc/default/grub, navigate to admin:///etc/default/ and open the grub file. Ubuntu 17.10's default session (a themed GNOME on Wayland) does not support gksu. Ubuntu 18.04 switched back to using X instead of Wayland as default but it is expected that Wayland will once again be the default in 18.10. $ reverse-depends src:gksu Reverse-Recommends ================== * macchanger-gtk (for gksu) * wicd-gtk (for gksu) Reverse-Depends =============== * edubuntu-netboot (for gksu) * peony-gksu (for gksu) * umit (for gksu) List of packages to remove and commentary ----------------------------------------- * macchanger-gtk: Removed from Debian Testing in January 2017 for a security bug * libui-dialog-perl: no other rdepends but macchanger-gtk. This is the security bug that got macchanger-gtk removed from Testing. Debian bug 496448 * edubuntu-netboot: never in Debian. Edubuntu is "on hold" since 2016. * umit: never in Debian, appears unmaintained upstream since at least 2014 (maybe 2012?) * gksu * libgksu Blocker bug ----------- peony-gksu (source peony-extensions) was accepted into Ubuntu in April 2018. See LP: #1764201 References ---------- https://jeremy.bicha.net/2018/03/21/gksu-is-dead/ https://bugs.debian.org/892768 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
