Bug#1061857: Recommends: is too strong for dante-client
On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 10:17:03AM +0100, Robin Jarry wrote: > Nilesh Patra, Feb 01, 2024 at 10:07: > > From what I gather, filters/html still uses socksify from dante package. > > This looks OK as recommends - given that in 2024, people do get a bunch of > > HTML mails. > > > > I want to close this bug if you agree. > > We *could* drop it and change the default html filter to only use w3m > without socksify. > > Actually, aerc already ships an html-unsafe filter that does exactly that: > > https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/filters/html-unsafe > > The name may be frightening, I guess we could remove the hard dependency to > socksify. People with high concerns for privacy can always tweak it to their > needs. > > Thoughts? This probably should only be done if/when the default html filter is update to not use socksify. I don't want end users to run into surprises. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1061857: Recommends: is too strong for dante-client
Nilesh Patra, Feb 01, 2024 at 10:07: From what I gather, filters/html still uses socksify from dante package. This looks OK as recommends - given that in 2024, people do get a bunch of HTML mails. I want to close this bug if you agree. We *could* drop it and change the default html filter to only use w3m without socksify. Actually, aerc already ships an html-unsafe filter that does exactly that: https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/tree/master/item/filters/html-unsafe The name may be frightening, I guess we could remove the hard dependency to socksify. People with high concerns for privacy can always tweak it to their needs. Thoughts?
Bug#1061857: Recommends: is too strong for dante-client
> [ I wanted to git-blame the control file, and/or submit a patch, but > Salsa is down right now and I couldn't find a mirror ] This is the relevant commit: commit 4077340f13b46f2fd9dcb17d3f50b4a59292530c (tag: debian/0.3.0-1) Author: Ben Fiedler Date: Sat Apr 25 17:57:31 2020 +0200 Recommend dante-client and w3m These packages are used for viewing html mails using the default html filter. From what I gather, filters/html still uses socksify from dante package. This looks OK as recommends - given that in 2024, people do get a bunch of HTML mails. I want to close this bug if you agree. Best, Nilesh signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1061857: Recommends: is too strong for dante-client
Package: aerc Version: 0.16.0-1 Severity: minor Hi there, I don't think dante-client meets the bar for Recommends: "The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together with this one in all but unusual installations." Quite honestly I think the opposite is true, the need for things like dante-client is somewhat esoteric. I think this should be dropped to Suggests, or removed entirely. [ I wanted to git-blame the control file, and/or submit a patch, but Salsa is down right now and I couldn't find a mirror ]
