Bug#794759: please keep openssh-sftp-server optional

[Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:6.6p1-4

Hi folks,

How comes that openssh-server depends upon openssh-sftp-server,
but openssh-sftp-server just recommends openssh-server ?
sftp-server(8) says

"sftp-server is not intended to be called directly, but from
sshd(8) using the Subsystem option."

i.e. sftp-server is not supposed to be used without sshd.
Is it possible that the package dependencies got mixed up
here?

For security concerns I would prefer to not install and
enable sftp-server at all, as it was intended by upstream.
One security relevant package less to worry about.

It would be very nice if this could be fixed.


Thanx in advance
Harri