Removing packages: gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64 gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64 gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386 gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64 gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64 gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386 gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x Comment: (From Debian) RoM; RoQA; unmaintained; Debian bug #892768 Remove [y|N]? y
** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- 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: Fix Released Status in gksu package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in libgksu package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in libui-dialog-perl package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in macchanger-gtk package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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 ----------------------------------------- * 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 ---------- 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 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