On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:01:08AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 06:08:06PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 01:05:36AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > Package: libvirt-bin > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > libvirt-bin currently includes both the libvirtd binary (and other > > > binaries) and the init scripts to start a system instance of libvirtd. > > > However, many applications using libvirt only need a per-user instance > > > of libvirtd, not a system instance. For instance, gnome-boxes currently > > > depends on libvirt-bin to get libvirtd, but it doesn't need the system > > > instance. According to gnome-boxes upstream, "you can connect to remote > > > instances, but the only thing that is sanely integrated in the UI is > > > creating local VMs in a per-user libvirtd". (Anything else, including > > > the system instance, requires hand-entering a libvirt URI.) > > > > > > So, please split the init scripts for a system-wide libvirtd instance > > > into a separate package from the binaries. > > > > Does it really make sense to split out the init script? Wouldn't > > disabling the daemon also do the trick? > > The gnome metapackage now depends on gnome-boxes, and gnome-boxes > depends on libvirt-bin. So, a default install of GNOME will end up with > a running system instance of libvirtd that nothing uses. Users > shouldn't have to manually disable unused daemons that only get pulled > in by dependencies, especially as part of the default install of > something like GNOME. > > This seems quite similar to the situation with Apache: gnome-user-share > depends on apache2.2-bin to get the binaries for the Apache web server, > which it can configure and run on a per-user basis to share files. The > Apache packages ship the init scripts in a separate package, so that > installing gnome does not result in a running system-wide web server.
I see. I planed something for 0.9.13 like: So something like: libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-qemu libvirt-daemon-xen ... libvirt-client libvirt-doc I'll add: libvirt-daemon-config containing the daemon config from /etc as well as the systemd startup scripts. This would allow boxes to depend on libvirt-daemon-qemu only pulling in the one hypervisor. I'm not sure we'll get this in place ffor wheezy though. Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
