Bug#1104427: release-notes: Removal of policykit-1-gnome
On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 at 15:02, Peter Blackman <peter@pblackman.plus.com> wrote:
> On 15/06/2025 20:13, Richard Lewis wrote:
> > or does it mean XFCE is broken in trixie?
> Looks that way to me.
it doesnt seem that anyone has reported this as a bug against xfce?
(without that the chances of it being fixed seem remote - i wonder if
this bug should be paused until that is done, what do you think?)
> At least regarding gui authentication for tools such as synaptic,
> for fresh installs. I'm assuming on upgrade, policykit-1-gnome
> could be retained?
people can always choose to retain a legacy package, or install it
from an older release. whether it works is a different matter - i dont
see the release-notes wanting to recommend this as an approach)
> > ie what do you want XFCE users to do differently in trixie?
>
> My preferred solution would be to have xfce-polkit available,
> but I'm still waiting for a sponsor (for two months now)
(that must be frustrating, presumably the xcfe team would be best
place to act as sponsor, did you ask them? it's probably too late to
add it for trixie now, however)
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