libcurl-minimal
Hi Kamil and everyone,
what is the plan with introduction of libcurl-minimal in Fedora?
IIUC, libcurl and libcurl-minimal both have the same Provides, so libcurl-minimal
can be used to satisfy automatically generated dependencies:
$ dnf repoquery --provides libcurl-minimal
libcurl = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl(x86-32) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl(x86-64) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl-minimal = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl-minimal(x86-32) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl-minimal(x86-64) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl.so.4
libcurl.so.4()(64bit)
$ dnf repoquery --provides libcurl
libcurl = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl(x86-32) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl(x86-64) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl-full = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl-full(x86-32) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl-full(x86-64) = 7.78.0-3.fc35
libcurl.so.4
libcurl.so.4()(64bit)
AFAICS, no other package makes use of libcurl-{full,minimal}.
In systemd we only care about a narrow subset of protocols, so libcurl-minimal is
perfect. I considered adding Suggests:libcurl-minimal%{_isa} in systemd. IIUC,
that'd bias dnf towards the installation of libcurl-minimal. But the problem
is that if some other package expects libcurl in the full version, it'll be
disappointed.
Hence my question: how to proceed with pulling in libcurl-minimal where
it'd be useful? Should I just add Suggests:libcurl-minimal%{_isa} in systemd
and let the maintainers of other packages add Recommends:libcurl-minimal%{_isa}
or Requires:libcurl-minimal%{_isa} if they need it? What packages would that be?
Another option would be do not do any of this at package level, but instead
pull in libcurl-minimal through comps or kickstart or equivalent when doing
installations.
(Sorry if this is all documented somewhere… I looked around, but didn't see
anything relevant.)
Zbyszek