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

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>]

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.

> Cheers,
> Julien

cu
Adrian

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