On Mon 04 Aug 2014 at 17:17:02 -0400, Tom H wrote: > Didn't all DEs use consolekit and policykit? IIRC wasn't the CTTE bug > filed because of a debian-devel@ thread about Gnome depending on > systemd (because of logind and/or libpam-systemd)?
Consolekit did indeed reign supreme but had been on its way out for some time. The formal proposal to the Ctte was https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2013/10/msg00019.html Read the rest for a roller-coaster ride. > The problem's that consolekit is abandonware upstream, logind is its > replacement, policykit removed consolekit support, and logind requires > systemd as pid 1 (or systemd-shim). Consolekit is still supported by GNOME but no longer developed. Xfce continues to use it; for how long we do not know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/04082014224833.0b99734e0...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
