[Bug 1163284] Re: gdebi require gksu as dependency - gksu-polkit much much faster and efficient

[Doug McMahon]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1173827 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173827

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1173827
   Switch gdebi to pkexec

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Title:
  gdebi require gksu as dependency - gksu-polkit much much faster and
  efficient

Status in “gdebi” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  gdebi seems to require gksu - but user may prefer the much faster
  gksu-polkit

  gksu hangs the system with unnecessary cpu load while it executes
  inefficient and very old code.

  For many users gksu is very very inefficient especially on less
  powerful hardware. The new generation gksu-polkit is extremely quick
  and efficient and is instant with no delays. Instant even on very old
  legacy hardware. (delays can be very irritating with gksu on less
  powerful and older machines even if the user was savvy enough to find
  newer libraries to support gksu - without these libraries up to 5
  mins. whereas gksu-polkit is instant).

  This particular dependency should be modified to allow gksu-polkit to
  be used instead. Why force users into using outdated gksu when gksu-
  polkit does exactly same thing in a tiny fraction of the time with
  minimal overhead?

  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  gbebi 0.8.5

  gdebi takes too long to load caused by gksu hang. User doesn't want to
  have to have redundant gksu on system when alternative gksu-polkit
  installed. Installing extra libraries significantly reduces x-session
  freeze down from 5 minutes if user knows which libraries to get, but
  still unnecessary delay compared to what it should be as evidenced by
  contrast with efficient gksu-polkit.

  User expected to be able to install and usegdebi without dependency on
  gksu. It should check if gksu-polkit is installed instead and ignore
  gksu as irrelevant in such case so user can leave gksu removed if user
  prefers.

  (I would imagine if users - even those with powerful hardware - would
  ditch gksu in favour of gksu-polkit in a flash if they were aware of
  its existence and capability... main official repo...)

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