Bug 2453437 - Review Request: groot - a friendly sudo wrapper for Linux.
Summary: Review Request: groot - a friendly sudo wrapper for Linux.
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://github.com/Willtech/groot
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-03-31 16:59 UTC by Willtech
Modified: 2026-04-01 03:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Willtech 2026-03-31 16:59:37 UTC
Spec URL: https://github.com/Willtech/groot/blob/build_noarch/groot.spec 
SRPM URL: https://github.com/Willtech/groot/raw/refs/heads/build_noarch/groot-1.3.0-1.fc43.src.rpm
Description: `groot` is a lightweight BASH utility that behaves like a more conversational version of `sudo`. It provides two modes: running a single command with elevated privileges or dropping into a full root login shell.  
Fedora Account System Username: Willtech

Comment 1 Willtech 2026-03-31 17:10:11 UTC
This is my first ticket and I need a sponsor. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=177841
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=143598514

Comment 2 Willtech 2026-03-31 17:32:05 UTC
NVM I can see you've got bigger chew. https://pagure.io/packager-sponsors/issue/759

Comment 3 Jonny Heggheim 2026-03-31 18:15:03 UTC
I fail to see the value of this package? Why use groot instead of sudo or su?

Comment 4 Fedora Review Service 2026-04-01 03:53:45 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/10280943
(succeeded)

Review template:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2453437-groot/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/10280943-groot/fedora-review/review.txt

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