Package: approx Severity: normal User: [email protected] Usertags: system-log-daemon
Dear Maintainer(s), As per https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/05/msg00425.html we want to drop dependencies on system-log-daemon when they are set simply because a package writes logs to syslogs, as they are no longer necessary, since by default systemd-journald takes care of persistent logs storage since Bookworm. This allows building minimal images, without pulling in additional packages if they are not requested. It is still appropriate to maintain a dependency on system-log-daemon if it is needed in order to read plain-test log files from /var/log/, in case the package does not support reading directory from systemd-journald through its APIs, but can only consume text-based log files directly. If this is the case for this package, please close this bug report as wontfix, but consider filing a wishlist RFE upstream to add native journald support. If this exception does not apply, please either drop the dependency on system-log-daemon from this package, or at least downgrade it to Suggests. Thank you!
