[Pkg-freeradius-maintainers] Bug#903101: package dependencies are INSANE!

[Vladislav Artemyev]

Package: freeradius
Version: 3.0.12+dfsg-5+deb9u1

while trying to install your freeradius package (3.0.12+dfsg-5+deb9u1) 
on fresh Debian 9.4 (Stretch) i could not believe my eyes:

root at vm04:~# apt-get install freeradius
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
   adwaita-icon-theme at-spi2-core ca-certificates-java collectd 
collectd-core dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service default-jre-headless 
dmeventd fontconfig freeradius-common freeradius-config freeradius-utils 
glib-networking
   glib-networking-common glib-networking-services 
gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk-update-icon-cache hicolor-icon-theme 
java-common libapr1 libatasmart4 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 
libatk1.0-data libatspi2.0-0 libavahi-client3
   libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libbluetooth3 libcairo-gobject2 
libcollectdclient1 libcolord2 libconfuse-common libconfuse1 libcroco3 
libcups2 libdatrie1 libdbi-perl libdbi1 libdconf1 
libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libepoxy0
   libesmtp6 libfreeradius3 libftdi1 libganglia1 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgps22 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common 
libhiredis0.13 libjbig0 libjpeg62-turbo libjson-glib-1.0-0 
libjson-glib-1.0-common liblcms2-2
   liblua5.1-0 liblua5.3-0 liblvm2app2.2 liblvm2cmd2.02 libmemcached11 
libmicrohttpd12 libmodbus5 libmosquitto1 libnl-3-200 libnl-route-3-200 
libnotify4 libnspr4 libnss3 libopenipmi0 liboping0 libow-3.1-5 
libowcapi-3.1-5 libpango-1.0-0
   libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpcap0.8 libpcsclite1 libpq5 
libprotobuf-c1 libproxy1v5 librabbitmq4 librdkafka1 libreadline5 
librest-0.7-0 libriemann-client0 librrd8 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common 
librte-acl2 librte-cfgfile2
   librte-cmdline2 librte-cryptodev2 librte-distributor1 librte-eal3 
librte-ethdev5 librte-hash2 librte-ip-frag1 librte-jobstats1 librte-kni2 
librte-kvargs1 librte-lpm2 librte-mbuf2 librte-mempool2 librte-meter1 
librte-net1
   librte-pdump1 librte-pipeline3 librte-pmd-af-packet1 librte-pmd-bnxt1 
librte-pmd-bond1 librte-pmd-cxgbe1 librte-pmd-e1000-1 librte-pmd-ena1 
librte-pmd-enic1 librte-pmd-fm10k1 librte-pmd-i40e1 librte-pmd-ixgbe1 
librte-pmd-null-crypto1
   librte-pmd-null1 librte-pmd-pcap1 librte-pmd-qede1 librte-pmd-ring2 
librte-pmd-vhost1 librte-pmd-virtio1 librte-pmd-vmxnet3-uio1 
librte-pmd-xenvirt1 librte-port3 librte-power1 librte-reorder1 
librte-ring1 librte-sched1 librte-table2
   librte-timer1 librte-vhost3 libserialport0 libsigrok2 
libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1 libtalloc2 libthai-data libthai0 
libtiff5 libtokyocabinet9 libtokyotyrant3 libupsclient4 libusb-0.1-4 
libvarnishapi1 libvirt0 libwbclient0
   libxcomposite1 libxen-4.8 libxenstore3.0 libyajl2 libzip4 lvm2 
notification-daemon openjdk-8-jre-headless owfs-common rrdtool ssl-cert
Suggested packages:
   collectd-dev librrds-perl liburi-perl libhtml-parser-perl 
libregexp-common-perl libconfig-general-perl httpd-cgi apache2 apcupsd 
bind9 ceph chrony default-mysql-server gpsd hddtemp ipvsadm lm-sensors 
mbmon memcached nginx nut openvpn
   olsrd pdns-server postgresql redis-server slapd time-daemon varnish 
zookeeper default-jre freeradius-ldap freeradius-postgresql 
freeradius-mysql freeradius-krb5 colord cups-common libclone-perl 
libmldbm-perl libnet-daemon-perl
   libsql-statement-perl gvfs liblcms2-utils pcscd librsvg2-bin 
thin-provisioning-tools libnss-mdns fonts-dejavu-extra 
fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho fonts-wqy-microhei 
fonts-wqy-zenhei fonts-indic openssl-blacklist
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   adwaita-icon-theme at-spi2-core ca-certificates-java collectd 
collectd-core dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service default-jre-headless 
dmeventd fontconfig freeradius freeradius-common freeradius-config 
freeradius-utils
   glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services 
gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk-update-icon-cache hicolor-icon-theme 
java-common libapr1 libatasmart4 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 
libatk1.0-data libatspi2.0-0
   libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libbluetooth3 
libcairo-gobject2 libcollectdclient1 libcolord2 libconfuse-common 
libconfuse1 libcroco3 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdbi-perl libdbi1 libdconf1 
libdevmapper-event1.02.1
   libepoxy0 libesmtp6 libfreeradius3 libftdi1 libganglia1 
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgps22 libgtk-3-0 
libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common libhiredis0.13 libjbig0 libjpeg62-turbo 
libjson-glib-1.0-0 libjson-glib-1.0-common
   liblcms2-2 liblua5.1-0 liblua5.3-0 liblvm2app2.2 liblvm2cmd2.02 
libmemcached11 libmicrohttpd12 libmodbus5 libmosquitto1 libnl-3-200 
libnl-route-3-200 libnotify4 libnspr4 libnss3 libopenipmi0 liboping0 
libow-3.1-5 libowcapi-3.1-5
   libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpcap0.8 
libpcsclite1 libpq5 libprotobuf-c1 libproxy1v5 librabbitmq4 librdkafka1 
libreadline5 librest-0.7-0 libriemann-client0 librrd8 librsvg2-2 
librsvg2-common librte-acl2
   librte-cfgfile2 librte-cmdline2 librte-cryptodev2 librte-distributor1 
librte-eal3 librte-ethdev5 librte-hash2 librte-ip-frag1 librte-jobstats1 
librte-kni2 librte-kvargs1 librte-lpm2 librte-mbuf2 librte-mempool2 
librte-meter1
   librte-net1 librte-pdump1 librte-pipeline3 librte-pmd-af-packet1 
librte-pmd-bnxt1 librte-pmd-bond1 librte-pmd-cxgbe1 librte-pmd-e1000-1 
librte-pmd-ena1 librte-pmd-enic1 librte-pmd-fm10k1 librte-pmd-i40e1 
librte-pmd-ixgbe1
   librte-pmd-null-crypto1 librte-pmd-null1 librte-pmd-pcap1 
librte-pmd-qede1 librte-pmd-ring2 librte-pmd-vhost1 librte-pmd-virtio1 
librte-pmd-vmxnet3-uio1 librte-pmd-xenvirt1 librte-port3 librte-power1 
librte-reorder1 librte-ring1
   librte-sched1 librte-table2 librte-timer1 librte-vhost3 
libserialport0 libsigrok2 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1 libtalloc2 
libthai-data libthai0 libtiff5 libtokyocabinet9 libtokyotyrant3 
libupsclient4 libusb-0.1-4 libvarnishapi1
   libvirt0 libwbclient0 libxcomposite1 libxen-4.8 libxenstore3.0 
libyajl2 libzip4 lvm2 notification-daemon openjdk-8-jre-headless 
owfs-common rrdtool ssl-cert
0 upgraded, 165 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 69.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 234 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
root at vm04:~#

i believe it's simply insane to require installing collectd, libvirt, 
libxen, lvm2, openjdk, rrdtool and entire Gnome in order to use 
FreeRADIUS! it's either a very bad joke or someone did a horrible and 
absolutely stupid mistake. could you please explain since when Gnome is 
required for FreeRADIUS to operate? it's crazy! libvirt and libxen - you 
must be joking!? i see Debian slowly but steadily becomes what RedHat 5 
was in years 1997-1999 in terms of package quality

-- 
Vladislav Artemyev