** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Tags added: packaging
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tar in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554715 Title: rmt and rmt-tar should not be autoinstalled Status in tar package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: A "remote magtape protocol module? On PCs? In 2016? The are potential users for this thing, maybe, on Z-series mainframes, but having it be autoinstalled on vanilla desktop machines, or even ordinary servers, is deeply silly. Recommendation: split the package. Yes, tar is essential; rmt is not. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: tar 1.27.1-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: i3 Date: Tue Mar 8 15:23:17 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-02 (65 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: tar UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1554715/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
