Bug#577075: (re)move support for libmobiledevice into a different package

[Josselin Mouette]

Le vendredi 09 avril 2010 à 13:41 +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer a
écrit :
> Now with the dependencie on libmobiledevice0 we get the first
> vendor/product specific dependency.
> Although this is already very ugly (by far not everybody has any Apple
> iCrap)
> what really annoys is the indirect dependency on a deamon (usbmuxd),
> which
> itself is also iCrap-specific.
> 
> At least it seems that it only starts when iCrap is detected but
> nevertheless,
> I suggest to put such strongly vendor-dependent stuff into a separate
> package, e.g. gvfs-extra-backends, or even single packages like
> gvfs-apple

As long as it is only started when you plug such a device, I don’t see
where the problem is.

We have lots of vendor-specific backends in existing packages (ses e.g.
the kernel), and lots of vendor-specific packages which are installed by
default: xserver-xorg-video-radeon, hpijs-ppds…

You’re welcome to try a Debian installation without installing them.

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