Source: vlc Version: 2.2.2-6 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, vlc package has some questionable dependencies, In particular: libfreerdp-cache1.1 libfreerdp-client1.1 libfreerdp-codec1.1 libfreerdp-common1.1.0 libfreerdp-core1.1 libfreerdp-crypto1.1 libfreerdp-gdi1.1 libfreerdp-locale1.1 libfreerdp-primitives1.1 libfreerdp-utils1.1 libwinpr-crt0.1 libwinpr-crypto0.1 libwinpr-dsparse0.1 libwinpr-environment0.1 libwinpr-file0.1 libwinpr-handle0.1 libwinpr-heap0.1 libwinpr-input0.1 libwinpr-interlocked0.1 libwinpr-library0.1 libwinpr-path0.1 libwinpr-pool0.1 libwinpr-registry0.1 libwinpr-rpc0.1 libwinpr-sspi0.1 libwinpr-synch0.1 libwinpr-sysinfo0.1 libwinpr-thread0.1 libwinpr-utils0.1
This is especially counter-intuitive when trying to install something that obscurely depends on vlc. For example, installing ksshaskpass, which presumably has small dependency footprint (in source code: CoreAddons, I18n, Wallet, WidgetsAddons), brings in phonon, phonon brings vlc, vlc brings freerdp, which brings libwinpr. Perhaps, this chain should be broken in couple of places by making some depependencies optional. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers