Bug#622837: libpcsclite1: please drop Recommends: pcscd

[Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>]

Couple of questions:

1) Is libpcsclite1 capable of failing gracefully when pcsd isn't
installed?

2) Why was the Suggest: pcscd upgraded to a Recommends: pcscd?

3) Why is there a versioned Recommends: on an exact version pcscd?

4) Do network-manager, wpasupplicant, and wicd output sensible error
messages when pcscd isn't installed or running?

5) Is it the intention to have pcscd running on most systems which
have wpasupplicant, network-manager, or wicd installed?

6) Considering http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=pcsc-lite and
http://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=pcscd, is it reasonable
to suggest that most people wanted pcscd installed in the past?


Don Armstrong

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[On a trip back from collecting grass seeds in tropical bird stomachs
and being thought by the customs agents to be transporting Marijuana.]
"Anyone so square as to tell you they are transporting grass seeds is
bound to be ok"
 -- Peter K. Klopfer _Seeds of Doubt_ Science 134:177 10 April 2009

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