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On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:03:01 +0300 |
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Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote: |
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> > 2. I saw on some lists that Gnome/Kde and Xfce plan to use some |
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> > SystemD API, so does it means that we will need to install SystemD |
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> > aside of OpenRC ? |
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> For Xfce it only means that xfce4-session will try to query |
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> credentials also from systemd, not ConsoleKit alone |
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> There are no plans of removing ConsoleKit support for Xfce wrt |
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> upstream anytime soon since Xfce is committed for long-term BSD |
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> support, and the Xfce development team includes developers, from eg. |
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> OpenBSD |
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> > 4. Finally, is there any reason why Gnome/Kde/Xfce wants to add deps |
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> > related to SystemD ? I don't understand why these desktops want to |
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> > depend on a specific Sysint.... |
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> || ( sys-auth/consolekit sys-apps/systemd ) or something can be done |
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> if the package tries to query both via DBUS calls |
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> As in, something needs to tell PolicyKit (polkit) that you are a |
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> local user and thus grant access to eg. USB removable devices |
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What about those of us who are perfectly happy using neither one? I’ve |
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never had any of the Kits installed, and the recommendation has always |
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been to just put yourself in the “plugdev” group which has worked fine. |
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Is this going to continue to be possible, or is this going away? |
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Chris |
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