[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
Removing packages: libgksu 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic libgksu2-0 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64 libgksu2-0 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64 libgksu2-0 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf libgksu2-0 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386 libgksu2-0 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el libgksu2-0 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64 libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64 libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386 libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64 libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64 libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386 libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~pre1-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x Comment: (From Debian) RoM; RoQA; unmaintained, security-sensitive; Debian bug #892771 Remove [y|N]? y ** Changed in: libgksu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
if you believe Debian bug #496448 is sufficient rationale for removal of macchanger-gtk+libui-dialog-perl independent of gksu, can you please open that as a separate bug? I do not consider a Recommends: on a removed package to be grounds for removal, and solving a Recommends: on a removed package by removing the recommending package doesn't do anything to improve the user's experience . ** Changed in: libui-dialog-perl (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
Removing packages from bionic: umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic amd64 umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic arm64 umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic armhf umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic i386 umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic ppc64el umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic s390x Comment: Ubuntu-specific, in maintenance-mode since 2009, depends on obsolete gksu; LP: #1740618 1 package successfully removed. ** Changed in: umit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
** 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 + 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 say + 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 - 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 + https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-April/040286.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
** 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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
** 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 == - * cinnamon (for gksu) - * lxde-core (for gksu) * 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 ** Also affects: libui-dialog-perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
** Description changed: - The Debian GNOME team is aiming to remove gksu before the Debian 10 - "Buster" release in 2019. + Debian has removed gksu. I recommend that we remove gksu and libgksu for + Ubuntu 18.04 LTS also. - Please remove these packages to help Ubuntu follow: + It has recommended that developers use PolicyKit to only use elevated + privileges for the specific actions where it is needed. - * aptoncd: Removed from Debian Testing in January 2017 (a year ago), removal also requested at LP: #1739800 - * macchanger-gtk: Removed from Debian Testing in January 2017 for a security bug - * network-config: Removed from Debian Testing in September 2017 - - * edubuntu-netboot: never in Debian. Edubuntu is "on hold" since 2016. - * sbackup: never in Debian, appears unmaintained upstream since 2014, removal also requested at LP: #1739800 - * umit: never in Debian, appears unmaintained upstream since at least 2014 (maybe 2012?) + It is recommended that users use the gvfs admin backend available in + Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS. 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. + 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. - IMO, mythtv is the blocker for removing gksu from Ubuntu LP: #1740620 - (mythtv does not exist in Debian) + $ reverse-depends src:gksu + Reverse-Recommends + == + * cinnamon (for gksu) + * lxde-core (for gksu) + * 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 + * 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 ** Also affects: macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** 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. 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 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 == * cinnamon (for gksu) * lxde-core (for gksu) * 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 * 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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to:
[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu
** Summary changed: - Remove unmaintained gksu reverse dependencies + Remove gksu from Ubuntu ** Also affects: gksu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: libgksu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740618 Title: Remove gksu from Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edubuntu-netboot/+bug/1740618/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
