On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:53:41PM +0100, Rafael Belmonte wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.41 > Severity: wishlist > > Hello i am here to talk about 'menu' Debian package and its script su-to-root. > I think this package and script is/was developed by Debian (Debian > mainteiners/developers are also upstream) by this i am writting this here. > "menu" package has inside a bash script called 'su-to-root' to launch X > applications using the proper authentication method according to the Desktop > (gksu for Gnome, kdesu for KDE, etc..). This is a useful script, but > applications that want to use su-to-root needs to depend on 'menu' for asure > that .desktop launcher will work using su-to-root. The problem is that many > users and many Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions do not want to install > 'menu' package because it may add Debian menu, which is found useless in some > cases having Gnome or KDE menus. > By this, me and some other persons have thought in to split 'menu' package > and > su-to-root script into two different packages. And we have thought that > upstream developers may want to support the idea.
Hello, I am in effect both the Debian maintainer and the upstream maintainer of menu and I am also the author of the current su-to-root script. I have already answered to that exact request in the past, and I disagree on two counts: 1) It is not a good idea to use su-to-root in .desktop files because they became Debian-specific (which is exactly the issue you have). Instead XDG should provide a programm to use in .desktop for that purpose. 2) There is no need to uninstall menu to avoid the Debian menu to be displayed, fortunately. On a multi-user system there are no reason all users should make the same choice. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
