Bug#1066030: Please move packagekit plugin to Recommends

[Matthias Klumpp]

Am Mo., 11. März 2024 um 13:06 Uhr schrieb Jeremy Bícha
<jeremy.bicha at canonical.com>:
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 7:54 AM Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> wrote:
> > Would it be possible to move
> >
> > /usr/lib/*/gnome-software/plugins-20/libgs_plugin_packagekit.so
> >
> > and related files to a separate package and make it a Recommends rather
> > than a dependency?
> >
> > This would allow to use gnome-software without package kit for
> > e.g. managing flatpaks only.
> >
> > This is useful on device with restricted resources like phones where the
> > packagekit backend takes lots of RAM and slows down initial app startup
> > although it's often not used since people use `apt` for the OS side
> > packages.
>
> I have a WIP split of the GNOME Software packaging because other
> people have been asking for this too. I need to clean it up just a bit
> and make a merge proposal for some people to check.

Please keep in mind that GNOME Software on Debian GUI systems is
responsible for refreshing the APT cache and notifying about system
updates, and this functionality will no longer work if the PK backend
is not there - so people might miss important (security) updates.
Having it as recommends may be strong enough to pull it in on standard
systems though...

Best,
    Matthias

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