Hello, fixed here: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/tinyssh/commit/64ab1d6729ecf5e0a7115bffa634beb8dbb5b3e6 <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/tinyssh/commit/64ab1d6729ecf5e0a7115bffa634beb8dbb5b3e6>
Jan > On 21 Oct 2018, at 19:01, Marvin Renich <m...@renich.org> wrote: > > Package: tinysshd > Version: 20180201-1 > > [Jan Mojžíš: this is a reply to a thread on debian-devel; some of the > statements below are directed toward that thread, not to you > personally.] > > * Vincent Bernat <ber...@debian.org> [181021 11:29]: >> ❦ 21 octobre 2018 13:15 GMT, Ivan Shmakov <i...@siamics.net>: >> >>>>>> tinysshd only ships a systemd unit file; neomutt links against >>>>>> libgpgme11 which again Depends on gnupg. It’s the kind of >>>>>> dependencies that individually make sense, >>> >>> I beg to differ; I suppose (though haven’t actually tried) I >>> can start tinysshd straight from rc.local just as well, or even >>> write my own init.d script, right? Having the dependency in >>> place just makes it harder to me to contribute an init.d script >>> for the package. >> >> tinysshd requires some kind of socket server to run. It could run from >> inetd, so if you were an actual user, I would propose you file a bug >> report against the package to let the maintainer knows the dependency is >> too strong for your use (and maybe propose a patch to integrate with >> inetd). >> >> As you are not, please, do not. Our resources are scarce and we already >> cater for the need of many non-existent users. > > Recommends, rather than Depends is correct, based on your description, > even without a patch to enable use with inetd. Anyone who is not using > systemd, either out of dislike of systemd or because they have real > requirements for no or a stripped-down init system, is able to add a > single line to inetd (or one of its successors). > > However, adding Depends just because the package ships with a systemd > unit file, and no other init integration, is simply wrong. > > Don't let the fact that systemd antagonists keep annoying you prevent > you from doing the right thing. openssh-server has an uncompressed size > of 922k with a long list of Depends. tinysshd has an uncompressed > size of 606k with only two Depends, libc6 and systemd. Changing systemd > to a Recommends would make tinysshd significantly more useful in some > of the use cases where its stated description "minimalistic SSH server" > already makes it the preferred ssh server. > > As a general rule, please use Recommends over Depends whenever it will > not truly break the package. This is exactly what Recommends is for. > > ...Marvin
