Re: systemd dependencies

2014-09-02 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 06:55:36PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: Well, Fedora is not a distribution that cares about whether it is easily bootstrappable. It never was a goal to be one. If you want to make it one, then that's fine, but that'd be something to make an official goal first, by

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-31 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:32 AM, Vít Ondruch vondr...@redhat.com wrote: Hi, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-30 Thread Daniel J Walsh
here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Tomasz Torcz
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:38:20AM +0200, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: The reason for dependency on systemd is different: if a package carries a systemd unit, it should usually be enabled according to presets. It should also be cleaned up when the package is removed. This requires a

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Petr Pisar
On 2014-08-26, José Matos jama...@fc.up.pt wrote: In my point of view the texlive split is similar to the perl-* or python-* packages. The reason for the split is the same---upstream develops the texlive classes independently in separate packages and publish them on CTAN. The difference

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Vít Ondruch
Dne 26.8.2014 19:12, Orion Poplawski napsal(a): On 08/26/2014 04:59 AM, Vít Ondruch wrote: Dne 26.8.2014 11:06, Michal Sekletar napsal(a): On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: Hi, Hi Vít, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Vít Ondruch
, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Marcela Mašláňová
On 08/26/2014 08:15 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A lot. Finding a minimal set

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Phil Knirsch
On 08/26/2014 08:15 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A lot. Finding a minimal set

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-27 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 08:38:44AM +0200, Tomasz Torcz wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:38:20AM +0200, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: The reason for dependency on systemd is different: if a package carries a systemd unit, it should usually be enabled according to presets. It should

systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Vít Ondruch
Hi, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent subpackages. When I install rsync/subversion, I am typically interested just in

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Michal Sekletar
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: Hi, Hi Vít, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Vít Ondruch
Dne 26.8.2014 11:06, Michal Sekletar napsal(a): On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: Hi, Hi Vít, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are good examples. Please

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Michal Sekletar
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:59:23PM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: Dne 26.8.2014 11:06, Michal Sekletar napsal(a): On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: Hi, Hi Vít, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 26.08.14 09:32, Vít Ondruch (vondr...@redhat.com) wrote: Hi, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 26.08.14 11:06, Michal Sekletar (msekl...@redhat.com) wrote: Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 26.08.14 12:59, Vít Ondruch (vondr...@redhat.com) wrote: 2) sytemd should consider to provide -filesystem package, which would limit the dependency to single small package (but this might be return to the -units subpackage days? Not sure). Why? I am really against splitting things

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Vít Ondruch
the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Vít Ondruch
Dne 26.8.2014 13:51, Lennart Poettering napsal(a): On Tue, 26.08.14 12:59, Vít Ondruch (vondr...@redhat.com) wrote: 2) sytemd should consider to provide -filesystem package, which would limit the dependency to single small package (but this might be return to the -units subpackage days? Not

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short period of time. What I am

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 26.08.14 14:22, Vít Ondruch (vondr...@redhat.com) wrote: I am really against splitting things up into a million of subpackages, unless you have a ver good reason for a split. I am against installing million packages when I expect one. If I saw systemd-filesystem installed, then I

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Vít Ondruch
here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Vít Ondruch
. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short period of time. What I am not getting: what's the point? I mean, systemd is not exactly an optional package in Fedora. You are asking people to split their packages in two, but what's the real reason for that? If the systemd package isn't

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Jan Zelený
be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short period of time. What I am not getting: what's the point? I mean, systemd is not exactly an optional package in Fedora. You are asking people to split their packages in two, but what's the real reason

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread DJ Delorie
What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A lot. Finding a minimal set of RPMs to cross-compile to get a bootable core

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread DJ Delorie
If I saw systemd-filesystem installed, then I would think that something needs to be placed into the systemd folder structure, Perhaps the bug is this: that you need to install a whole other RPM just to make a directory exist so you can put a file in it. Why can't the RPM providing the file

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Josh Boyer
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:44 AM, DJ Delorie d...@redhat.com wrote: What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A lot.

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Rich Mattes
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:46 AM, DJ Delorie d...@redhat.com wrote: If I saw systemd-filesystem installed, then I would think that something needs to be placed into the systemd folder structure, Perhaps the bug is this: that you need to install a whole other RPM just to make a directory

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Till Maas
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:59:23PM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: 2) sytemd should consider to provide -filesystem package, which would limit the dependency to single small package (but this might be return to the -units subpackage days? Not sure). The directories can probably just be added to the

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, DJ Delorie d...@redhat.com said: Perhaps the bug is this: that you need to install a whole other RPM just to make a directory exist so you can put a file in it. Why can't the RPM providing the file just make the directory and not have a dependency at all? It used to work

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short period of time. What I am not getting: what's

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
of systemd dependencies during short period of time. What I am not getting: what's the point? I mean, systemd is not exactly an optional package in Fedora. You are asking people to split their packages in two, but what's the real reason for that? If the systemd package isn't optional

Re: Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread José Matos
On Tuesday 26 August 2014 18:43:22 Lennart Poettering wrote: Honestly, I kinda like the pragmatism on Fedora, so far, that there's no need to split up packages into a myriad of mini packges. And I think that texlive packaging is an absolute disaster, where things are split up to the maximum

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 26.08.14 10:44, DJ Delorie (d...@redhat.com) wrote: What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A lot.

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Orion Poplawski
On 08/26/2014 04:59 AM, Vít Ondruch wrote: Dne 26.8.2014 11:06, Michal Sekletar napsal(a): On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: Hi, Hi Vít, Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into some packages where it is not necessary. subversion

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Orion Poplawski
On 08/26/2014 04:59 AM, Vít Ondruch wrote: 2) sytemd should consider to provide -filesystem package, which would limit the dependency to single small package (but this might be return to the -units subpackage days? Not sure). It's not (just) filesystem ownership, it's scriptlet processing:

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Stephen John Smoogen smo...@gmail.com said: So after looking at several different container images kickstarts I notice they all seem to remove systemd as it is provided by the base systemd of the system. I don't know if that is the correct method or not, but seems to be the

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Josh Boyer
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Chris Adams li...@cmadams.net wrote: Once upon a time, Stephen John Smoogen smo...@gmail.com said: So after looking at several different container images kickstarts I notice they all seem to remove systemd as it is provided by the base systemd of the system. I

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Josh Boyer jwbo...@gmail.com said: Would you be willing to craft a patch and send it to the rsync maintainer to do that? I believe (later in this thread) someone said that has already been done, as rsync-daemon. -- Chris Adams li...@cmadams.net -- devel mailing list

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Josh Boyer
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Chris Adams li...@cmadams.net wrote: Once upon a time, Josh Boyer jwbo...@gmail.com said: Would you be willing to craft a patch and send it to the rsync maintainer to do that? I believe (later in this thread) someone said that has already been done, as

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Peter Robinson
What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A lot. Finding a minimal set of RPMs to Well, Fedora is not a

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2014-08-26 11:55, Lennart Poettering wrote: Well, Fedora is not a distribution that cares about whether it is easily bootstrappable. It never was a goal to be one. If you want to make it one, then that's fine, but that'd be something to make an official goal first, by going through FESCO...

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:16:46AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, DJ Delorie d...@redhat.com said: Perhaps the bug is this: that you need to install a whole other RPM just to make a directory exist so you can put a file in it. Why can't the RPM providing the file just make

Re: systemd dependencies

2014-08-26 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 07:15:46PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you want to minimize them, you have a lng way to go... When I bootstrapped Fedora for ARM way back when, I had to deal with these dependencies. A