Bug#518390: "root terminal" in main gnome menu is broken.

[ael]

If this is really intended behaviour, then it hasn't been thought 
through. For a start, the "root terminal" in the main gnome menu is 
broken as a consequence. The command there is

gksu -D Terminal -- env -u ORBIT_SOCKETDIR /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator

The whole thing seems very nannie windozie to me: I am banned from 
editing, say /etc/apt/sources.list, from any sort of gnome/xorg 
application, but I can use emacs provided I don't try to run it from a 
spawned xterm or the like.

What is the newbie who hasn't yet learnt emacs or vi* or the like meant 
to do?

Sorry to grumble: seems to be an upstream problem...

ael