On 08/26/2014 08:23 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Tue, 26.08.14 14:18, Vít Ondruch (vondr...@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
>>>> subpackages. When I install rsync/subversion, I am typically interested
>>>> just in client side.
>>>>
>>>> Just to be clear, systemd-libs is in minimal build root already, so I am
>>>> not complaining about systemd-libs package, but about systemd package.
>>> What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you
>>> want to minimize them, you have a loooong 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 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 anyway, why
> is this the dep you start with and asking people to complicate things
> for?
>
> Lennart
>
Well it is optional in docker container images.
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