> On 04/19/2021 3:47 PM Leo Prikler <leo.prikler@student.tugraz.at> wrote:
[...]
> Fair enough, so it's either gnome or mate for XFCE.
> 
> > At this point I just want to pick one and get it done with. If you
> > like
> > I can make mate-polkit like your suggestion but rename the desktop
> > file
> > so it doesn't conflict.
> It's your choice, what you want to implement:
> 1. gnome-polkit with an added desktop file (but please use an aux file
> or make-desktop-file-entry instead of an origin pointing into the
> aether)
> 2. mate-polkit-for-xfce with the renamed desktop file.
> 3. something completely else

I made a patch for mate-polkit-for-xfce.



> > Debian's package says this on gnome-polkit:
> > "This implementation was originally designed for GNOME 2, but most
> > GNOME-based desktop environments, including GNOME 3, GNOME Flashback,
> > and MATE, have their own built-in PolicyKit agents and no longer use
> > this one. The remaining users of this implementation are Cinnamon,
> > XFCE and Unity. "
> Hmm, in that case keeping gnome-polkit around longer might be desirable
> if people want to port Cinnamon or Unity.  What does Debian's desktop
> file look like and could we port it over?

It has OnlyShowIn=XFCE;Unity;X-Cinnamon;

It also applies four patches of course
0001-Select-the-current-user-to-authenticate-with-by-defa.patch
0002-Auth-dialog-Make-the-label-wrap-at-70-chars.patch
0003-Get-user-icon-from-accountsservice-instead-of-lookin.patch
0004-Use-fresh-X11-timestamps-when-displaying-authenticat.patch
http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/policykit-1-gnome/policykit-1-gnome_0.105-7.debian.tar.xz