Bug#1060803: gnome-software: Please don't depend on `software-properties-gtk`

[Arnaud Ferraris]

Package: gnome-software
Version: 45.2-1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: juliannfairfax at protonmail.com

[Posting this bug report on behalf of juliannfairfax at protonmail.com]

Dear Maintainer,

GNOME Software does not depend on the Software Properties app. 
Installing it changes the way GNOME Software works (for example, with 
the source settings).

For that reason, some people may not want it installed. And, in my 
opinion, Debian developers should not add dependencies to software they 
did not create. If a dependency should be added to GNOME Software, it 
should be done by the GNOME developers.

I suggest that `software-properties-gtk` be changed from a dependency of 
`gnome-software` to a recommended package.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
   APT prefers testing
   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE 
not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-software depends on:
pn  appstream                                    <none>
pn  apt-config-icons                             <none>
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.40.0-4+b1
pn  gnome-software-common                        <none>
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    45.0-2
ii  libadwaita-1-0                               1.4.2-1+b1
ii  libappstream5                                1.0.1-3
ii  libc6                                        2.37-13
ii  libcairo2                                    1.18.0-1+b1
ii  libfwupd2                                    1.9.11-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0                          2.42.10+dfsg-3
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.78.3-1
ii  libgtk-4-1                                   4.12.4+ds-3
pn  libgtk3-perl                                 <none>
ii  libgudev-1.0-0                               238-3
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.8.0-2
ii  libmalcontent-0-0                            0.11.1-1+b1
pn  libpackagekit-glib2-18                       <none>
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.51.0+ds-3
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        123-3
ii  libsoup-3.0-0                                3.4.4-2
ii  libxmlb2                                     0.3.14-2
pn  packagekit                                   <none>
pn  software-properties-gtk                      <none>

Versions of packages gnome-software recommends:
ii  fwupd  1.9.11-1

Versions of packages gnome-software suggests:
pn  apt-config-icons-hidpi         <none>
pn  gnome-software-plugin-flatpak  <none>
pn  gnome-software-plugin-snap     <none>