Bug#989307: DSA-4923-1: upgrading libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 on buster pulls in xdg-desktop-portal

[Alberto Garcia]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 10:52:18AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> > Using xdg-desktop-portal-gtk is actually a consequence of the
> > webkit processes now running inside a sandbox for security
> > reasons, so there is a trade-off between not using the sandbox at
> > all or using the sandbox but recommending (not depending on) the
> > portals. I chose the latter.
> 
> I see. Perhaps that could have been communicated in NEWS.Debian.
> Then at least I might have seen it explained during the upgrade.

I think you're right about this. I will do that next time if I ever
have to make similar changes to the package.

Thanks!

Berto