On 10/17/2014 05:14 PM, Marco d'Itri wrote: > aigar...@debian.org wrote: > >> To be frank, in cases like logind I would expect the logind binary >> package to be split out and its source patched in such a way to allow >> it to work without systemd running (however badly) and moving the main >> systemd package from Dependencies to Recommended. > It is quite clear that the real world does not and will not meet your > expectations, because logind is not released this way and is not > packaged this way. > Now what?
Now, if we can't get the patches we need in the original sources, we deal with such a non-cooperative upstream and do what's needed on the packaging side. That's not the first time, and it wont be the last, and it's not even specific to systemd. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54414d8c.7080...@debian.org
