remove polkit from core?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sat Nov 10 01:33:53 UTC 2012


Matthew Miller wrote:
> Apparently the new version of polkit brings in javascript. The js package
> is 6.5MB. I think anything that uses polkit will depend on it -- can we
> remove it from core?

Of course, the real question is why the heck PolicyKit needs a Turing-
complete rule language (which also forced everyone to port their existing 
rules) when the previously-used simple INI-style pkla rule format did the 
job just fine!

        Kevin Kofler



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