Bug#492493: lintian: please remove the su-to-root check in desktop files
Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le samedi 26 juillet 2008 à 14:29 -0500, Raphael Geissert a écrit :
>> > The su-wrapper-not-su-to-root is nice for menu files, but for desktop
>> > files it doesn’t make much sense. Since the utility is in the menu
>> > package, it means the command will fail to launch although it has a
>> > dependency on gksu. (Or that would imply adding tons on Depends on
>> > menu.)
>>
>> Do you mean this?
>> $ apt-cache depends menu
>> menu
>> Depends: libc6
>> Depends: libgcc1
>> Depends: libstdc++6
>
> I mean a package with substantial performance impact on the system
> (update-menus takes quite some time) and close to zero usefulness for
> GNOME users.
Oh, you mean that crap, I agree.
>
>> > Please disable the check until su-to-root is moved to a better place,
>> > like debianutils.
>>
>> FYI this was already proposed, but the maintainer of menu didn't agree to
>> move it elsewhere.
>
> Still, this is the only sane solution. The su-to-root command being
> similar to sensible-* commands, it belongs to debianutils. Until this
> happens, I am not going to change this in GNOME packages.
Feel free to bug the menu maintainer with that again. But FYI here's the
thread of the last time:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.release/19273
>
> Cheers,
Cheers,
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