@SRU team: please accept screen-resolution-extra 0.18.0.21.04.1,
0.18.0.20.10.1, and 0.18.0.20.04.1 into -proposed.

** Description changed:

  In Bionic, screen-resolution-extra has a dependency on policykit-1-gnome
  | polkit-1-auth-agent. Focal replaces this with a dependency on gnome-
  shell | policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent. As a result, when
  install screen-resolution-extra (e.g. as a dependency of nvidia-
  settings) on a system that doesn't already have GNOME or another polkit
  auth agent installed, the default dependency resolution pulls in a full
  GNOME desktop in Focal, while it does not do so under the same
  circumstances in Bionic. This can be worked around by explicitly
  installing policykit-1-gnome (or another package which provides the
  polkit-1-auth-agent virtual package), but it would be nice to not pull
  in GNOME by default on a system that doesn't already have it.
+ 
+ [Impact]
+ 
+ * Installing the nvidia-settings package causes gnome-shell to be
+ installed. This is less than ideal on servers.
+ 
+ [Fix]
+ 
+ * Moving policykit-1-gnome ahead as the first of the polkit dependencies
+ will solve the problem.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ * Install screen-resolution-extra from proposed on a system where no
+ polkit-1-auth-agent provider is installed, and check that gnome-shell is
+ not installed as a dependency.
+ 
+ [Regression Risk]
+ Low, as the change will still allow the dependency to be satisfied.

** Summary changed:

- Default dependency resolution in Focal pulls in full GNOME Desktop
+ SRU: Default dependency resolution in Focal pulls in full GNOME Desktop

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  SRU: Default dependency resolution in Focal pulls in full GNOME
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