[Bug 1823306] Re: lxqt-sudo added to Exec line of software-properties-qt.desktop breaks use in KDE Plasma Discover

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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.97.10

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software-properties (0.97.10) disco; urgency=medium

  * Remove lxqt-sudo from exec line in software-properties-qt.desktop
    (LP: #1823306)
  * Make invisible software-properties-qt.desktop
  * Create software-properties-lxqt.desktop with lxqt-sudo and shown only in LXQt
  * Rename software-properties-drivers-qt.desktop to software-properties-drivers-lxqt.desktop

 -- Hans P Möller <hmollercl at lubuntu.me>  Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:38:53
-0400

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Disco)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  lxqt-sudo added to Exec line of software-properties-qt.desktop breaks
  use in KDE Plasma Discover

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in software-properties source package in Disco:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  In the upload: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-
  properties/0.97.8

  there is a change in the software-properties-qt.desktop files which is
  (a) not documented in the changelog, and (b) not communicated to other
  flavour users of this application (Kubuntu in this case).

  -Exec=software-properties-qt
  +Exec=lxqt-sudo software-properties-qt

  This results in Plasma Discover not being able to launch software-
  properties-qt, as it uses privilege elevation via kdesu of whatever is
  in the Exec line, and lxqt-sudo added there makes this fail.

  Context to this is:

  For Cosmic release Lubuntu developers requested agreement from Kubuntu
  to the porting of the software-properties-kde package to pure Qt, so
  that it could be used in both Kubuntu and Lubuntu (lxqt) without
  pulling a lot of KDE dependencies into Lubuntu's lqxt images/installs.
  This was on the condition that despite being renamed to -qt, it
  remained completely as a tool for joint usage between the two
  flavours.

  The original sofware-properties-kde was meant to be launched by
  applications and was set not to show in DE menus by default.

  It seems that Lubuntu wishes to now have it useable directly from a
  'start'/'search' menu, hence making it visible and adding the lxqt-
  sudo in the Exec line to facilitate launch with privilege escalation.

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