Source: hdf5 Version: 1.10.7+repack-4ubuntu2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
currently, libhdf5_serial.so compiles the s3 Virtual File Driver (VFD) support into the library itself, which leads to inflated .so dependencies: libcurl.so pulls in about 20 other (networking, crypto) libs -- below is the output from lddtree. Starting from version 1.13.0, HDF5 should support virtual file drivers (VFDs) as plugins [1], similar to already existing filtering plugins. This report suggests to package the S3 VFD as a plugin, if possible, considering that most HDF5 users won't use s3 and the number of indirect dependencies is high. Thank you for considering this option. Your packaging work is appreciated. $ lddtree /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhdf5_serial.so.103 libhdf5_serial.so.103 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhdf5_serial.so.103 (interpreter => none) libcrypto.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.3 libcurl.so.4 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4 libnghttp2.so.14 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnghttp2.so.14 libidn2.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn2.so.0 libunistring.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libunistring.so.2 librtmp.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librtmp.so.1 libgnutls.so.30 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgnutls.so.30 libp11-kit.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0 libffi.so.8 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8 libtasn1.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 libhogweed.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.6 libnettle.so.8 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.8 libgmp.so.10 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10 libssh.so.4 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssh.so.4 libpsl.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpsl.so.5 libssl.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.3 libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 libkrb5.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3 libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1 libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 libk5crypto.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3 libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2 libkrb5support.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0 libldap-2.5.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libldap-2.5.so.0 libsasl2.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsasl2.so.2 liblber-2.5.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblber-2.5.so.0 libzstd.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1 libbrotlidec.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlidec.so.1 libbrotlicommon.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlicommon.so.1 libsz.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsz.so.2 libaec.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaec.so.0 libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 [1] https://www.hdfgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/HDF5-VFD-Plugins-HUG.pdf -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers jammy-updates APT policy: (500, 'jammy-updates'), (500, 'jammy-security'), (500, 'jammy-backports'), (500, 'jammy') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-71-generic (SMP w/16 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:cs:sk Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled