Bug#613897: gksu: cobwebby package description

[Justin B Rye]

Package: gksu
Severity: wishlist
Version: 2.0.2-5
Tags: patch

The package description for gksu knows nothing of sudo:

 Description: graphical frontend to su
  gksu is a Gtk+ frontend to /bin/su. It supports login shells
  and preserving environment when acting as a su frontend. It
  is useful to menu items or other graphical programs that need
  to ask a user's password to run another program as another user.

We could be lazy and just cram in "and sudo" a couple of times, but
things are complicated by the increased ambiguity of the name
"gksu": it's
 1) a program providing a front-end to su, but it's also
 2) the package providing front-ends to *both* commands, and
 3) the library making that possible.
The above text is based on the old upstream blurb describing the GKSu
library (and how it's useful to the desktop); ideally we'd prefer
something describing the gksu package (and how it's useful to a user
who's thinking of installing it).

I may of course be wasting my time here, if gksu is on the verge of
being thrown away and replaced by PolicyKit, but until then here's a
suggested replacement text inspired by the manpage:

 Description: graphical front-end to su and sudo
  This package provides GTK+ front-ends for su (gksu) and sudo (gksudo),
  allowing users to give a password and run graphical commands as root
  without needing to invoke su or sudo in a terminal emulator.

(GTK+ is the canonical capitalisation, and front-ends is hyphenated as
a compromise towards geekspeak; the dictionaries say it should be
"front ends".)
-- 
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
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