hi, thanks. i have done as you suggest (raised upstream) ...at least hope so, assuming 'contact' linux-c...@vger.kernel.org listed at following is way to go. https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils On Sunday 16 June 2024 at 14:54:05 BST, Debian Bug Tracking System <ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report which was filed against the cifs-utils package:
#1072991: cifs-utils depends on python - need it? It has been closed by Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru>. Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> by replying to this email. -- 1072991: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1072991 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems 11.06.2024 15:44, Jo King wrote: > Package: cifs-utils > Version: 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u2 > > In debian 11 and 12 (oldstable and stable) python is a 'deps'. In debian 10 > it isn't. There's a tool in cifs-utils, smb2-quota, which is written in python. > Suggested fix: cifs-utils package made to not depend on python. This will break smb2-quota and will bring up bold fat lintian error message as well (correctly so). > Ramble: > Ideally all bits of samba would work without python (someone did provide a > patch years ago...) > Debian USP is its ability to function as a desktop without depending on > python. > Very different from Ubuntu/Fedora... I'd suggest you to talk with cifs-utils upstream and provide a rewrite of smb2-quota in a different language. FWIW: I know very little about cifs-utils. Thanks, /mjtPackage: cifs-utils Version: 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u2 In debian 11 and 12 (oldstable and stable) python is a 'deps'. In debian 10 it isn't. Suggested fix: cifs-utils package made to not depend on python. Ramble: Ideally all bits of samba would work without python (someone did provide a patch years ago...) Debian USP is its ability to function as a desktop without depending on python. Very different from Ubuntu/Fedora... Thanks, jo
