I searched around everywhere when writing my blog about this bug (linked in the LWN article), and could not locate a newer source code repository. It looks like even the changeover to use pkexec that introduced this bug in the first place was an NMU by Debian at the end of 2017.
I didn't think about this until you brought it up, but it looks like Debian has been doing all of these NMUs on this package up until now. Now if we compare the changelogs between Ubuntu and Debian, they're pretty much the same except Ubuntu has the new bug fix: https://metadata.ftp- master.debian.org/changelogs//main/g/gdebi/gdebi_0.9.5.7+nmu7_changelog https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/g/gdebi/gdebi_0.9.5.7+nmu7ubuntu0.24.10.1/changelog Perhaps in hindsight I should have actually submitted this fix to Debian? I can't speak for everybody but my opinion is that you're correct -- the bug fix was difficult because the project seems dead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854588 Title: [SRU] gdebi-gtk calls pkexec inappropriately To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/1854588/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
