I'm one of those that always assumed anything graphic needed kdesudo (as opposed to gksudo). Am I wrong in that assumption?
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Aleix Pol <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Simon Quigley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > kdesudo is a tool currently installed in Kubuntu that I believe still > > uses Qt/KDE 3 or at minimum Qt/KDE 4 libraries. The upstream (us, > > actually...) doesn't seem to have been committed to it since 2011, > > leaving users with a vulnerable kdesudo application (kdesu has had > > multiple CVEs issued against it). At this point I think it's more of a > > liability to maintain than to drop, and following the mail to drop Qt 4 > > in Debian Buster[1], I would like to request feedback and see if anyone > > plans on resurrecting kdesudo or if we should just use kdesu from now on > > (maybe provide a symlink for compatibility) and drop kdesudo. > > > > Thoughts? (Am I missing something?) > > > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/08/msg00006.html > > +1 > There's plenty of alternatives nowadays so kdesudo isn't required. > > Aleix > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > -- *Webmaster and Admin for:* *nghsband.com <http://nghsband.com>, depotstreetfarmersmarket.com <http://depotstreetfarmersmarket.com>, netfa.org <http://netfa.org>, summerfieldherbfarm.com <http://www.summerfieldherbfarm.com>, historicthreads.com <http://historicthreads.com>, crockettfriends.com <http://crockettfriends.com>, traditionsbylittlebird.com <http://traditionsbylittlebird.com>, trombleyconstruction.com <http://trombleyconstruction.com>, tnparks.crockettfriends.com <http://tnparks.crockettfriends.com>*
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