<quote who="David Zeuthen"> > Perhaps, but running X11 / GTK+ apps as root is IMO not something we > should endorse in the GNOME project.
Hear, hear -- I think most of the gksu(do) abuse has been a result of quick and dirty "must have now!" deployments rather than considered approaches to solving the problem -- and yes, that includes Ubuntu's use of gksu(do). Thanks very much for making our infrastructure beautiful. :-) - Jeff -- Ubuntu Live 2007: Portland, OR, USA http://www.ubuntulive.com/ "Be shunned, be hated, be ridiculed, be scared, be in doubt, but don't be gagged. The time of trial is always." - John J. Chapman _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list