[systemd-devel] Future of Polkit & XML with kdbus

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 01:27:46AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Forgive me in advance if the underlying reasonings behind these
> questions are a bit naive...

What are those underlying reasonings?

> Will kdbus make use of polkit? If partially so, will it be feasible to
> have a normal desktop system with systemd+kdbus that does not require
> polkit? Will polkit play a smaller role going forward? Will it be
> phased out in any way?

Why?

> Perhaps tangentially related: will kdbus make use of dbus's current
> xml definition files? Will all that xml somehow be a part of future
> dbus situations?

Why?

> More generally: can all the not-so-nice stuff go away with the kdbus?

What exactly is "not so nice"?  How are you going to change all of the
exising dbus users?

thanks,

greg k-h