Re: Objections [Was: GNOME System Monitor will use libgnomesu]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Hongli Lai">

> Murray Cumming wrote:
> >So please do make the use of libgnomesu optional at compile-time.
> 
> Or better: optional at runtime. Inform the user that he has to install a
> library to be able to renice processes as non-root.

Sorry:

  "You cannot do this because you don't have something you don't understand,
  nor do you understand how to fix it because we can't describe a useful way
  to fix it that will work on every distribution we support. Um, thanks."

- Jeff

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