[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu

[Steve Langasek]

Removing packages from bionic:
	edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic
		edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic amd64
		edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic arm64
		edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic armhf
		edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic i386
		edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic ppc64el
		edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic s390x
Comment: Unmaintained package for no-longer-active flavor; depends on gksu which is obsolete and removed from Debian; LP: #1740618
1 package successfully removed.


** Changed in: edubuntu-netboot (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Remove gksu from Ubuntu

Status in edubuntu-netboot package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gksu package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in libgksu package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in libui-dialog-perl package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in macchanger-gtk package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in network-config package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in sbackup package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in umit package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Debian has removed gksu. I recommend that we remove gksu and libgksu
  for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS also.

  It is recommended that developers use PolicyKit to only use elevated
  privileges for the specific actions where it is needed.

  It is recommended that users use the gvfs admin backend available in
  Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS. You can do this with the admin:// prefix.
  For instance, instead of running gksu gedit or gksu nautilus to edit
  /etc/default/grub, navigate to admin:///etc/default/ and open the grub
  file.

  Ubuntu 17.10's default session (a themed GNOME on Wayland) does not
  support gksu. Ubuntu 18.04 switched back to using X instead of Wayland
  as default but it is expected that Wayland will once again be the
  default in 18.10.

  $ reverse-depends src:gksu
  Reverse-Recommends
  ==================
  * macchanger-gtk                (for gksu)
  * wicd-gtk                      (for gksu)

  Reverse-Depends
  ===============
  * edubuntu-netboot              (for gksu)
  * peony-gksu                    (for gksu)
  * umit                          (for gksu)

  List of packages to remove and commentary
  -----------------------------------------
  * peony-gksu: NBS
  * macchanger-gtk: Removed from Debian Testing in January 2017 for a security bug
  * libui-dialog-perl: no other rdepends but macchanger-gtk. This is the security bug that got macchanger-gtk removed from Testing. Debian bug 496448
  * edubuntu-netboot: never in Debian. Edubuntu is "on hold" since 2016.
  * umit: never in Debian, appears unmaintained upstream since at least 2014 (maybe 2012?)
  * gksu
  * libgksu

  References
  ----------
  https://jeremy.bicha.net/2018/03/21/gksu-is-dead/
  https://bugs.debian.org/892768
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-April/040286.html

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