[X2Go-Dev] Bug#1439: Bug#1439: Bug#1439: latest release of x2goclient for Ubuntu has dependency on hello

[Ulrich Sibiller]

Ok, thanks for the clarification!

Uli

On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:05 PM Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de> wrote:
>
> * On 2/15/20 4:23 PM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
> > 1. why choose hello and not something that's on the system anyway,
> > like the kernel or bin-utils or some X package?
>
> I'm not a DD, so my answer isn't authoritative and Mike#1 can probably explain
> this better, but optionaldep | hello seems to be a very common pattern in Debian
> packaging. If a DD sees such a dependency, he'll recognize it and its meaning
> immediately.
>
> Depending on a package in the base system set (i.e., those marked "essential")
> MIGHT be easier, but this is seems to be generally frowned upon because it makes
> degrading essential-set packages to optional ones more difficult, if I recall
> correctly. I've also read that normal (i.e., optional, non-core/essential)
> packages should generally NOT depend upon packages in the essential-set but just
> assume them to available unconditionally.
>
>
> > 2. why do you want to mak x2gokdriveclient (or is it x2gokdrive?)  a
> > hard dependency? Nobody needs it unless he's wants to use it. People
> > can use x2go without it. So I see it as optional either way...
>
> Hm, Mike#1 wanted it to be a hard dependency, but moving it to Recommends might
> make sense after all, since other software that X2Go Client *can* make use of,
> like FreeRDP2, is also not strictly necessary and merely a recommended package.
>
> Note that Debian installs recommended packages by default (unless users
> explicitly configure or tell the package manager not to do this), so user
> experience wouldn't be affected by that change anyway.
>
>
>
> Mihai
>
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