#3958: unnecessary dependency chain - notmuch & xapian
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Reporter: boruch | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: maildir/mh | Version: 1.7.2
Keywords: notmuch dependency |
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In debian, upon upgrading from mutt v1.5 to v1.7, mutt failed to start,
because of a bug in . . . xapian. It turns out that mutt depends upon
libnotmuch, which in turn depends upon xapian, which strikes me as an
example of "dependency creep" to draw in more and more packages that
aren't necessarily needed or wanted.
The xapian issue has been fixed. This ticket is to request eliminating the
"dependency creep" for people who don't need or want notmuch / xapian.
references:
1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869186
2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863705
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3958>
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