On 08/26/2014 08:23 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Tue, 26.08.14 14:18, Vít Ondruch (vondruch@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >>>> Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into >>>> some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are >>>> good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent >>>> subpackages. When I install rsync/subversion, I am typically interested >>>> just in client side. >>>> >>>> Just to be clear, systemd-libs is in minimal build root already, so I am >>>> not complaining about systemd-libs package, but about systemd package. >>> What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you >>> want to minimize them, you have a loooong way to go... >> Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several >> packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by >> coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short period >> of time. > What I am not getting: what's the point? I mean, systemd is not exactly > an optional package in Fedora. > > You are asking people to split their packages in two, but what's the > real reason for that? If the systemd package isn't optional anyway, why > is this the dep you start with and asking people to complicate things > for? > > Lennart > Well it is optional in docker container images. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
