[arch-dev-public] Proposal for a new virtual package: polkit-authentication-agent
Hi, I would like to propose a new virtual package called 'polkit-authentication-agent'. 1. All package would provide 'polkit-authentication-agent' which implement a graphical polkit authentication agent: - cinnamon - gnome-shell - lxpolkit - polkit-gnome - polkit-kde 2. The 'polkit-authentication-agent' would be added as optional dependency to 'polkit'. It should notify the user in the post-install script: "If you are using a desktop environment, make sure that a graphical authentication agent is installed and autostarted." 3. 'polkit-gnome' optional dependency would be replaced with 'polkit' in all packages. It causes an indirect optional dependency on 'polkit-authentication-agent'. References: - http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/polkit.8.html#polkit-... - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Authentication_agents - https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36859 -- György Balló (City-busz) Trusted User
On za, 2013-10-05 at 00:43 +0200, Balló György wrote:
Hi,
I would like to propose a new virtual package called 'polkit-authentication-agent'.
IMHO polkit authentication agents should be just as default as an X server. We don't depend on xorg-server for graphical applications either. GNOME includes one by default, KDE includes one by default. xfce4-session should just depend on one. As for providing it: makes no sense. gnome-shell could provide one, but if you use xfce and have gnome-shell, you'll never get to use the polkit agent in gnome-shell.
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Balló György
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Jan de Groot