Public bug reported: The Ubuntu Desktop Team would like to get policykit-1-gnome demoted to universe since it is no longer used in the default install. (See its package description.)
I believe screen-resolution-extra is the last thing holding that package in main. gnome-shell provides polkit-1-auth-agent. You can see provides and reverse depends for a virtual package by running $ apt-cache showpkg polkit-1-auth-agent In my experience with demoting xterm to universe, it looked to me like Ubuntu's germinate doesn't handle virtual packages and alternate dependencies very well. I ended up having to put gnome-terminal as the first dependency in the list of alternates. Suggestion 1 ------------ Change screen-resolution-extra's dependency to: gnome-shell | policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent Suggestion 2 ------------ Change nvidia-settings to Suggest instead of Depend on screen-resolution-extra. From the package's description, it sounds like screen-resolution-extra is not useful for a default Ubuntu install? If so, we can demote both screen-resolution-extra and policykit-1-gnome to universe. ** Affects: screen-resolution-extra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: disco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to screen-resolution-extra in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815374 Title: Please adjust dependencies so that policykit-1-gnome can be demoted to universe Status in screen-resolution-extra package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The Ubuntu Desktop Team would like to get policykit-1-gnome demoted to universe since it is no longer used in the default install. (See its package description.) I believe screen-resolution-extra is the last thing holding that package in main. gnome-shell provides polkit-1-auth-agent. You can see provides and reverse depends for a virtual package by running $ apt-cache showpkg polkit-1-auth-agent In my experience with demoting xterm to universe, it looked to me like Ubuntu's germinate doesn't handle virtual packages and alternate dependencies very well. I ended up having to put gnome-terminal as the first dependency in the list of alternates. Suggestion 1 ------------ Change screen-resolution-extra's dependency to: gnome-shell | policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent Suggestion 2 ------------ Change nvidia-settings to Suggest instead of Depend on screen-resolution-extra. From the package's description, it sounds like screen-resolution-extra is not useful for a default Ubuntu install? If so, we can demote both screen-resolution-extra and policykit-1-gnome to universe. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen-resolution-extra/+bug/1815374/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp