** 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
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