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Bug 784249 - use of polkit planned?
use of polkit planned?
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: meld
Classification: Other
Component: general
3.16.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: meld-maint
meld-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-06-27 14:01 UTC by gnomebugzilla
Modified: 2017-12-13 19:26 UTC
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Description gnomebugzilla 2017-06-27 14:01:25 UTC 
Hi. With Wayland it's not possible to do "gksu meld" anymore. So I'm asking if you're planning to use polkit anytime soon?
Comment 1 Kai Willadsen 2017-07-01 02:42:31 UTC 
No, it's not planned. Meld has never been intended to be run as root, and while I understand why some people would want to, it's not something I'm going to spend time on.

If someone wanted to look at contributing support for polkit authorisation for file operations, etc. then I'd be more than happy to provide suggestions.
Comment 2 Chris Mayo 2017-09-23 18:56:28 UTC 
Suggest completing the transition to Gio (bug 317875) will allow the use of Gvfs admin://, and provide a solution.
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2017-12-13 19:26:54 UTC 
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