[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#325876: alsa-utils: package depends on python

[Tarvo]

Subject: alsa-utils: package depends on python
Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.9a-4
Severity: normal

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alsa-utils package is the only package on my system
which requires python, and i could only find
one script in package which uses python (correct me if i'm wrong)

The offender is a 3k script /usr/bin/set-default-soundcard,
which requires a ~20MB python package. Is it possible to remove
this 'bloat'?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  dialog                    1.0-20050306-1 Displays user-friendly 
dialog boxe
ii  libasound2                1.0.9-3        ALSA library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-5        GNU C Library: Shared 
libraries an
ii  libncurses5               5.4-9          Shared libraries for 
terminal hand
ii  linux-sound-base          1.0.9b-4       base package for ALSA and 
OSS soun
ii  module-init-tools         3.2-pre8-1     tools for managing Linux 
kernel mo
ii  modutils                  2.4.27.0-3     Linux module utilities
ii  pciutils                  1:2.1.11-15    Linux PCI Utilities
ii  python                    2.3.5-3        An interactive high-level 
object-o
ii  whiptail                  0.51.6-30      Displays user-friendly 
dialog boxe

Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends:
ii  alsa-base                     1.0.9b-4   ALSA driver configuration files

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