eric wroteIf dev found a bug, it should be rectified. i mean we don't stop the development of an application just for a bug.
My thought is : Gksu use gtk2 and gksu come from gnome. Gnome is the spearhead of system:D. Gksu was deprecated due of the new API called polkit (
https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/gksu) and polkit come from..... freedestkop. The loop is looped.
no argument from me, i really think that all of this is due to this problem i outline in a very broadly-scoped rant that starts out about why browsers all suck here:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=9242# p9242
of which gnome and red hat/freedesktop are the largest offenders, though they have lots of well-documented ties to proprietary monopolistic (and much larger and more powerful) corporations like microsoft. at least systemd *is* red hat employees and red hat and ubuntu are fighting over microsofts affections (debian and microsoft have also cooperated. not a theory, a documented fact.)
in short: the replacement of the free software ecosystem through adoption (tick) then deprecation (tock) of piece after piece of gnu/linux infrastructure.
they are replacing our operating system with one made in their image. that should be impossible, due to the licensing. but its going on right now. for people who think that sounds insane, its no different that the struggle between organic farmers, lobbyists spending millions against gmo labelling, and corporations like monsanto replacing the biological ecosystem with proprietary (patented) organisms.
are gmos safe? not for a world that wants to be able to plant seeds without a eula.
im sure some people really by the idea that theres a different microsoft now. no, theres a different ceo. those proxy lawsuits that try to assert that if you write your own software, its still covered by microsoft patents and you should sign an agreement with them saying you have permission to write your own code?
those continue to propagate. the proxy lawsuits continue to be filed on software patent grounds. the war that was obvious with sco/microsoft/novell and suse selling us out-- that never ended, people just counted one victory and said "its fine now." ...going on all this time since then.
we are at war, or at least they are at war with us. the fsf doesnt say this, though to be fair they did invent gunpowder and rockets and tanks and they told us to "watch out for androids."
gksu seems like a very small thing, but it is a casualty until someone revives it. very hard to get a foothold for anything that isnt somehow encumbered these days... keep up the good work guys.