Re: [blfs-dev] ConsoleKit
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Nathan Coulson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Randy McMurchy > wrote: >> g if this subject has been discussed >> and I missed the discussion. I am curious about BLFS' view on the obsolete >> and deprecated package ConsoleKit. ConsoleKit is listed as a dependency for >> several BLFS packages, and recommended for at least one package. The issue >> is the package is unmaintained. > > Not a consolekit user here, so apologies if I'm completely wrong. > > If it has been depreciated and unmaintained, Ideally we would want > packages to target it's replacement. Looks like systemd-loginctl is > it's replacement. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit. > (and currently we do not use systemd in the book). > > Based on that, I'd recommend keeping it unless it's a maintenance > burden on us, or it's no longer "useful" for the required packages. > > Just like GTK+2 replaced GTK+1, when all the packages moved over, and > I imagine GTK+3 will eventually supplant GTK+2 > > > If it's required for a package, or optional for many packages, > > > -- > Nathan Coulson (conathan) > -- > Location: British Columbia, Canada > Timezone: PST (-8) > Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com sorry, sent prematurely. Just ignore that last line. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) -- Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] ConsoleKit
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Randy McMurchy wrote: > g if this subject has been discussed > and I missed the discussion. I am curious about BLFS' view on the obsolete > and deprecated package ConsoleKit. ConsoleKit is listed as a dependency for > several BLFS packages, and recommended for at least one package. The issue > is the package is unmaintained. Not a consolekit user here, so apologies if I'm completely wrong. If it has been depreciated and unmaintained, Ideally we would want packages to target it's replacement. Looks like systemd-loginctl is it's replacement. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit. (and currently we do not use systemd in the book). Based on that, I'd recommend keeping it unless it's a maintenance burden on us, or it's no longer "useful" for the required packages. Just like GTK+2 replaced GTK+1, when all the packages moved over, and I imagine GTK+3 will eventually supplant GTK+2 If it's required for a package, or optional for many packages, -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) -- Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
[blfs-dev] ConsoleKit
Hi all, My apologies right here at the beginning if this subject has been discussed and I missed the discussion. I am curious about BLFS' view on the obsolete and deprecated package ConsoleKit. ConsoleKit is listed as a dependency for several BLFS packages, and recommended for at least one package. The issue is the package is unmaintained. We (BLFS) list ConsoleKit in the "Security" section of the book. It would seem to me that packages in the "Security" section would have a solid base behind it, and the package would be looked at closely. However, because ConsoleKit is now abandoned, deprecated, and apparently has been replaced by the systemd package (which BLFS doesn't support), it seems that this would be a security hole. I am not saying that the current BLFS situation with ConsoleKit is a security hole, I am just saying that it could turn in to one. I would like a discussion about the future of our direction toward the ConsoleKit deprecation, and the apparent move by most other distribution's move toward systemd. If anyone is interested in discussion, I encourage your participation. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.23] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 20:35:00 up 44 days, 6:34, 1 user, load average: 0.78, 0.26, 0.08 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
