On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:53:39 +0100 Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jun 2023 at 01:36:25 +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > If it is useful, adding a "default-tmpfiles" or so virtual package > > would be fine by me - but with the kfreebsd port being retired soon, > > and i386 (for hurd) going the way of the dodo, I'm not sure it would > > be very useful? I don't think it would be a problem to add it, if it > > turns out to be of use though. > > What this would look like, in src:systemd: > > Package: systemd > Provides: default-systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-tmpfiles > > Package: systemd-standalone-tmpfiles > Provides: systemd-tmpfiles > > (or maybe the other way round, depending what conclusion we come to on > the choice between (1.) and (2.)), and then in dependent packages: > > Package: foo-service > Depends: default-systemd-tmpfiles | systemd-tmpfiles > > The benefits of that over having foo-service depend directly on > "systemd | systemd-tmpfiles" or > "systemd-standalone-tmpfiles | systemd-tmpfiles" are fairly minor, but the > cost is also fairly minor; and if we want this, we should set it up > *before* lots of packages start adding a dependency on the -tmpfiles or > -sysusers interfaces. The benefits I see are: > > - if we find out that the dependency we first added is a practical problem > for whatever reason, we can swap the default with a src:systemd upload, > without needing multiple maintainers to touch all the dependent packages; > > - if we get a useful non-Linux port (admittedly this looks increasingly > unlikely) which cannot compile src:systemd, then their reimplementation > of these interfaces can have Provides: default-systemd-tmpfiles on that > architecture, without affecting Linux architectures > (the same way dbus-x11 Provides default-dbus-session-bus on non- Linux > ports, even though it's dbus-user-session that Provides the virtual > package on Linux)
Sure, that sounds reasonable and simple enough to do, no objection from me. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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