Bug#912725: [Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#912725: virtinst: Please demote virtinst recommends on virt-viewer to suggests

2023-12-26 Thread Guido Günther
Hi, On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 01:27:11PM -0800, Matt Taggart wrote: [..snip..] > Interestingly, the virt-manager package only Suggests virt-viewer but, if > anything, I would think the dependency would be stronger there? So maybe > Recommends or even Depends? But I guess it's possible to use

Bug#912725: virtinst: Please demote virtinst recommends on virt-viewer to suggests

2023-12-26 Thread Matt Taggart
Hi, This bug was opened 5 years ago, but it is still the case as of version 1:4.1.0-3 that virtinst Recommends virt-viewer and pulls in tons of packages that are unneeded in many cases. On my currently freshly installed bookworm system (with libvirt already installed): 0 upgraded, 350 newly

Bug#912725: virtinst: Please demote virtinst recommends on virt-viewer to suggests

2018-11-03 Thread Karl Goetz
Package: virtinst Version: 1:1.4.0-5 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I would like to request the dependency currently held by virtinst on virt-viewer be downgraded to suggests instead of recommends. https://salsa.debian.org/libvirt-team/virt-manager/blob/debian/sid/debian/control#L59