[bug#47870] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: polkit-gnome: Add autostart .desktop file.

[Brendan Tildesley]

> On 04/19/2021 2:01 PM Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> wrote:
> 
>  
> Am Montag, den 19.04.2021, 13:26 +0200 schrieb Brendan Tildesley:
> > > On 04/19/2021 1:12 PM Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > >  
> > > Hi Brendan,
> > > 
> > > That's a pretty large package description for something rather
> > > trivial.
> > > Would the following work instead?
> > > 
> > >   (package/inherit mate-polkit
> > >     (arguments
> > >      `(#:phases
> > >        (modify-phases %standard-phases
> > >          (add-after 'unpack 'patch-desktop-for-xfce
> > >            (lambda _
> > >              (substitute* "src/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-
> > > 1.desktop.in.in"
> > >                  (("MATE;") "XFCE;"))))))))
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Leo
> > Uhh ok it's simpler source code but now we're building it twice,
> > potentially having two copies of it and the .desktop file will have
> > the same filename and thus conflict if both desktops are installed.
> Oh, right, I was missing the part, in which we rename it.
> W.r.t. "building it twice", that's only if you have both mate-polkit
> and the new one in your profile, in which case I guess it would be
> tolerable.  If you're using just MATE or just XFCE you'll build one or
> the other.
> 
> FWIW, there is also xfce-polkit [1], but it was last updated 2020 with
> the latest release in 2018 (which is still more recent than 2011,
> though).  WDYT?
> 
> [1] https://github.com/ncopa/xfce-polkit

Yeah I saw these but there is next to zero information on them.
I packaged it and it seems worse. It doesn't even have OK/Cancel buttons
for mouse operation in the password entry dialogue. It uses libxfce4ui
and has "xfce" in the name but otherwise doesn't seem any more or less
suitable for xfce than other agents.

At this point I just want to pick one and get it done with. If you like
I can make mate-polkit like your suggestion but rename the desktop file
so it doesn't conflict.


Debian's package says this on gnome-polkit:
"This implementation was originally designed for GNOME 2, but most GNOME-based 
desktop environments, including GNOME 3, GNOME Flashback, and MATE, have their 
own built-in PolicyKit agents and no longer use this one. The remaining users 
of this implementation are Cinnamon, XFCE and Unity. "