Bug#892853: stretch-pu: package wicd/1.7.4+tb2-5~deb9u1

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

Control: tag -1 confirmed

On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 03:00:27PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Control: tags -1 - moreinfo
> 
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 03:41:02PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 21:50:27 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > 
> > > Package: release.debian.org
> > > Severity: normal
> > > Tags: stretch
> > > User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> > > Usertags: pu
> > > 
> > >   * Replace dependencies on "net-tools | ethtool" and "net-tools |
> > >     iproute2" in wicd-daemon with a hard dependency on net-tools and
> > >     suggesting ethtool and iproute2 in python-wicd. Thanks to Neels
> > >     Hofmeyr for the bug report. (Closes: #881225)
> > 
> > The net-tools dependency in python-wicd I'd probably be OK with, the
> > change for wicd-daemon could easily have side effects so I'd rather we
> > didn't.
> 
> What kind of side effects do you have in mind?
> 
> The change you approved creates a dependency chain
>   wicd-daemon -> python-wicd (= 1.7.4+tb2-5~deb9u1) -> net-tools
> 
> The dependencies for wicd-daemon whose removal you question were:
>   wicd-daemon -> net-tools | ethtool
>   wicd-daemon -> net-tools | iproute2
> 
> I can make an update to the pu request with the wicd-daemon dependencies 
> restored, but I'm wondering under what circumstances this would make any 
> difference at all.
> 
I think I didn't realize wicd-daemon depended on python-wicd.  So I'm
fine with the changed you proposed initially.

Cheers,
Julien