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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] ConsoleKit2
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:53:34 +0000, David wrote in message
<CABADH0y-2q4w4_8hEqAwUB+-61Xh1yiKwq-9VKqmF9XAfD3UoA@???>:

> Apparently due to the systemd agenda of it's original maintainers,
> ConsoleKit is "deprecated".
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2012-January/msg00002.html


...alleges: "Now, one distribution expressed interested in maintaining
ConsoleKit, but under a different name. It will still use the same API
(dbus name, etc). However, their interest is likely solely focussed
around their distribution and not anything else."

..this name?:
> Consolekit2 is forked and actively maintained by XFCE4 maintainer
> Eric Koegel.
>
> https://consolekit2.github.io/ConsoleKit2/
>
> It works. Consolekit2 has been successfully deb-packaged and used here
> (since even before Devuan) up to the latest "stable release" (1.0.2).


..which distro?

> Is anyone interested?
>
> David




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