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

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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.

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