Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 02:59:11PM -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> Hello Bill, >> >> Some weeks ago I proposed a new release goal which goal is to use >> su-to-root instead of a custom *su wrapper in menu and .desktop files[1]. >> >> As Armin Berres stated on his message[2] there are some >> dependencies/recommends/suggests that need to be considered first. >> Since su-to-root is currently just a shell script I would your opinion on >> whether su-to-root (and its translations and documentation of course) >> should be shipped in a separate package so making the move to su-to-root >> only requires a Depends: su-to-root which would be shipped as arch: all, >> instead of a dependency on menu which is arch any. > > I do not think it is a good idea to use su-to-root inside .desktop file, > because this would make such .desktop file Debian-specific (and thus > would not be integrated upstream). Instead a freedesktop approved > remplacement to su-to-root should be provided by xdg-utils.
Which as far as I'm aware of it doesn't exist. IMHO we can not just 'give up' because there's no common way to do it; if in the feature xdg-utils ships such kind of wrapper su-to-root could simply check for it and use it instead. Please also remember that xdg-utils is Priority: optional while debianutils is Essential: yes, Priority: required; meaning that if packages were to use 'xdg-su-wrapper' they would have to Depend on xdg-utils pulling yet an other package. But other than that what do you think about moving su-to-root to debianutils? > >> This would have the benefit of making su-to-root OR depend, instead of >> just suggest, on the several packages which provide a su* wrapper >> ensuring its functionality. > > Given that su-to-root can use plain su which is Essential: yes, I do not > see the advantage of such OR depend which will always be satisfied. If su-to-root is moved to debianutils I don't think that Depends is suitable either. > > Cheers, Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
