On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 03:42:33PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > > 'm adding the maintainers of util-linux (bsdextrautils) and > > bsdmainutils > > to Cc. Which path forward do you see for this issue? A similar issue > > seems to affect many packages, such as: > > ... > > It seems to me there are two options here, either we ask all those > packages to change the dependency or we force bsdextrautils > installation by making bsdmainutils depend on it. > > When changing the package I decided against a hard dependency because > it forces people to install something even if they don't need/want it > without a technical reason. > > And quite frankly I think the build dependency should be to the package > that is needed directly and not through another one. > IMO the move of col needs to be rolled back ASAP. And, if it is to happen again, it needs to be managed properly and not break reverse deps without notice.
Cheers, Julien
