Re: Bug#900576: live-task-recommended: dependency on calamares brings in qt dependencies in every image
On 01/06/2018 17:05, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> has recently uploaded version 0.4 for
>> live-tasks that contains a change adding calamares to all live images.
>> The primary complaint in this bug report is that this has now introduced
>> Qt dependencies for every image where they previously did not exist,
>> including console only images.
>
> Hmmm, that's not ideal.
It was also not intended to go on any console-only images. I'll correct
that.
>> Further, I do not believe that any consultation was made with debian-cd,
>> debian-boot, or the named Uploader for this package. There was no bug
>> filed for this discussion either.
>
> Jonathan did ask about this on irc and I suggested he go ahead and
> experiment. Apologies - I should have told him to talk to you/Ana
> specifically as well.
Yeah I brought it up on both the debian-live mailing list and irc
channel a few times, and there were no objections and some interest in
trying it out.
I admit I could've communicated both my intentions and those changes better.
Which console-only images are affected by this? Do you mind pointing me
to them?
-Jonathan
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