[Bug 1740618] Re: Remove gksu from Ubuntu

[Steve Langasek]

if you believe Debian bug #496448 is sufficient rationale for removal of
macchanger-gtk+libui-dialog-perl independent of gksu, can you please
open that as a separate bug?  I do not consider a Recommends: on a
removed package to be grounds for removal, and solving a Recommends: on
a removed package by removing the recommending package doesn't do
anything to improve the user's experience .

** Changed in: libui-dialog-perl (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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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:
  Fix Released
Status in libui-dialog-perl package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in macchanger-gtk package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
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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