Hi Frans, On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:10:34PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > I'm posting this to release as I'd like release managers' opinion on this > before filing an RC bug (especially after noting who the maintainer > is ;-) > I just noticed in an upgrade of my Hercules S/390 emulator that I run for > D-I testing, that gnupg now depends on libusb. libusb in turns recommends > hotplug. > IMHO having a very general, prio standard package and basic command-line > package like gnupg depend on a HW-specific library is broken because > installing random libs like this is very undesirable for arches that > don't even have that HW (in this case USB). > Unless alternative packaging solutions are impossible, I feel this should > be changed. > At least this change is fairly invasive and should not make it into Sarge. > As gnupg is frozen, it won't get in by itself, but... Do either of these packages cause actual problems on s390? I presume not, since they have been built at all; in which case, I don't imagine this bug should be RC. But as you say, the package is also frozen, so it's not a big deal. It should be possible to fix this so gnupg doesn't depend on libusb on s390, in any case; a non-RC bug requesting that seems appropriate. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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