Bug#536531: gdm: please split gdmsetup into separate package

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Piotr Engelking wrote:
> Package: gdm
> Version: 2.20.9-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Please consider splitting gdmsetup into a separate binary package, for the
> following reasons:
> 
> * Gdmsetup is not required for gdm to function, nor related to the core gdm
>   functionality.
> * Gdmsetup runs as root. I am not interested in running X programs as root.
> * Gdmsetup has its own dependencies (gksu), the presence of which not
>   necessarily desirable on a system.

I think gdm 2.26 lacks a gdmsetup binary, if so this wouldn't make much sense.
Also, point 1 is pointless as gdmsetup is not big, and 2 and 3 would be fixed by
using PolicyKit.

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