On Monday 19 April 2010 01:54:09 Matthias Clasen wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 10:08 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: > > > For GNOME, I'll simply move the polkit-gnome-authentication-agent > > > autostart file from polkit-gnome to gnome-session. > > > > This means that other desktops can no longer make use of polkit-gnome > > and user or have to provide their own desktop file. This means users can > > no longer choose which agent to start. What's so bad about choice? Xfce > > users might want to choose wheter to use lxpolkit or polkit-gnome. > > It doesn't mean any of that. If you want to use > polkit-gnome-authentication agent, simply start it in your session, by > whatever mechanism you prefer. The autostart file is just an > implementation detail. I might just as well make gnome-session just > launch it directly. > > > >From a packaging POV the autostart file clearly belongs to the > > > > application it starts just as a normal desktop file belongs to a > > package. > > The authentication agent is not an application. It is part of the > desktop infrastructure. I totally agree with you regarding desktop environments - for KDE/Gnome (even LXDE, XFCE) I prefer "hardcoding" (gnome-session, autostart desktop file with OnlyShowIn=KDE...) as it's integral core part of desktop. But we should also take care about the corner cases - people who don't run any desktop env. - we have to assure they have running and working polkit agent. Jaroslav -- Jaroslav ?ezn?k <jreznik at redhat.com> Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno Office: +420 532 294 275 Mobile: +420 602 797 774 Red Hat, Inc. http://cz.redhat.com/
