Removing packages from bionic:
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic amd64
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic arm64
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic armhf
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic i386
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic ppc64el
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic s390x
Comment: Unmaintained package for no-longer-active flavor; depends on gksu
which is obsolete and removed from Debian; LP: #1740618
1 package successfully removed.
** Changed in: edubuntu-netboot (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618
Title:
Remove gksu from Ubuntu
Status in edubuntu-netboot package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gksu package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
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:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Debian has removed gksu. I recommend that we remove gksu and libgksu
for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS also.
It is 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
/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
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* peony-gksu: NBS
* 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
References
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https://jeremy.bicha.net/2018/03/21/gksu-is-dead/
https://bugs.debian.org/892768
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-April/040286.html
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