On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Richard Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to propose PolicyKit[1] as an external dep for 2.26 - it's > mostly API stable[2], and is now being used as an optional dep in many > modules in gnome svn and HAL. > > I would like to depend on it for gnome-power-manager, and I hate all the > #ifdefs. Does anybody have any problems with PolicyKit being an external > dependency in 2.26? > > >From a user point-of-view PolicyKit rocks. It would be great if more > GNOME software could be comfortable using it upstream rather than being > patched by distros.
Actually, the patches are using PolicyKit-gnome, too. If we allow dependencies on PolicyKit, we should allow PolicyKit-gnome, too, since it makes it very easy to write UIs that trigger privileged operations and handle all aspects of PolicyKit integration correctly. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list