[Bug 1745815] Re: [patch] screen-resolution-extra should depend on polkit-1-auth-agent instead of policykit-1-gnome

[Graham Inggs]

** Changed in: screen-resolution-extra (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: screen-resolution-extra (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Graham Inggs (ginggs)

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Title:
  [patch] screen-resolution-extra should depend on polkit-1-auth-agent
  instead of policykit-1-gnome

Status in screen-resolution-extra package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in screen-resolution-extra source package in Bionic:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  System: Ubuntu MATE 18.04
  Package version: 0.17.1

  Expected behavior:

  Package screen-resolution-extra should depend on polkit-1-auth-agent.
  This would allow installing it in desktop environments that provide
  their own PolicyKit authentication agents, like MATE which has mate-
  polkit. All these agents provide polkit-1-auth-agent (which is a
  virtual package).

  Actual behavior:

  Package screen-resolution-extra depends on policykit-1-gnome. In MATE
  desktop it leads to installation of both mate-polkit and
  policykit-1-gnome, which is not needed.

  Additional info:

  Package screen-resolution-extra is used by nvidia-settings tool,
  therefore the problem affects everyone who uses proprietary nvidia
  drivers.

  The debdiff that is attached below makes screen-resolution-extra
  depend on polkit-1-auth-agent, fixing the problem.

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