systemd dependencies

[Vít Ondruch]

Dne 26.8.2014 13:49, Lennart Poettering napsal(a):
> On Tue, 26.08.14 09:32, Vít Ondruch (vondruch at redhat.com) wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into
>> some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are
>> good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent
>> subpackages. When I install rsync/subversion, I am typically interested
>> just in client side.
>>
>> Just to be clear, systemd-libs is in minimal build root already, so I am
>> not complaining about systemd-libs package, but about systemd package.
> What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you
> want to minimize them, you have a loooong way to go...

Someone has to start somewhere. It is annoying to install several
packages, when you expect that only one should be installed. And by
coincidence, I met several of systemd dependencies during short period
of time.

Vít