Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: xf...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:xfce4 User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock
Please unblock package xfce4 In #1090384 it was requested that the Xfce desktop environment ship with a working polkit agent. While it's a bit (!) late in the release cycle, we finally uploaded a new version of the xfce4 metapackage bringing the mate-polkit as a Recommends. So this bug is to request to unblock that package and let it migrate to trixie. [ Reason ] Make sure a working polkit agent is present on Xfce installs and it can handle the permissions request for privilege escalation (installing packages through Synaptics etc.) [ Impact ] No polkit agent installed and running under Xfce session means the user will get permission refusals for administrative actions. [ Tests ] None really relevant. [ Risks ] It's a apparently a key package. One impact I can see is to raise a little the installed size of an Xfce environnement. That might be relevant for the Xfce installation media (besides mate-polkit it'll also bring accountsservice). [ Checklist ] [X] all changes are documented in the d/changelog [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [X] attach debdiff against the package in testing unblock xfce4/4.20.1
diff -Nru xfce4-4.20/debian/changelog xfce4-4.20.1/debian/changelog --- xfce4-4.20/debian/changelog 2024-12-18 21:23:00.000000000 +0100 +++ xfce4-4.20.1/debian/changelog 2025-07-19 18:32:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +xfce4 (4.20.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * d/control: update standards version to 4.7.2 + * d/control: recommends mate-polkit (Closes: #1090384) + + -- Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:32:45 +0200 + xfce4 (4.20) unstable; urgency=medium * d/control: update dependencies for Xfce 4.20 diff -Nru xfce4-4.20/debian/control xfce4-4.20.1/debian/control --- xfce4-4.20/debian/control 2024-12-18 21:23:00.000000000 +0100 +++ xfce4-4.20.1/debian/control 2025-07-19 18:32:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers <debian-x...@lists.debian.org> Uploaders: Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) -Standards-Version: 4.6.2 +Standards-Version: 4.7.2 Homepage: https://www.xfce.org/ Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-team/desktop/xfce4.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-team/desktop/xfce4 @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ xfwm4 (>= 4.20.0), ${misc:Depends} Recommends: desktop-base, + mate-polkit, tango-icon-theme, thunar-volman (>= 4.20.0), xfce4-notifyd,
