[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#709104: Bug#709104: libgpgme11 dependency suckage

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Hi Josip--

On Sun 2017-09-10 23:36:50 +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> JFTR the pinentry gtk ridiculosity, addressed in bug #753163, was never
> fixed in jessie, so upgrading headless servers that e.g. have mutt installed
> to read a few files in /var/mail/, has caused tons of these completely
> pointless dependencies to be installed via libgpgme11; or, rather, for
> libgpgme11 (and programs depending on it) to be removed and remembered as
> a pariah...

I think what you're saying here, when i take away the words that seem
intended mainly to inflame the conversation (like "suckage" and
"ridiculosity") is that you don't want to be bothered to install
pinentry-curses before upgrading from debian oldoldstable to debian
oldstable.  Am i reading that correctly, or do you have some other
concern?

I'm sorry to hear that you find that workaround tedious, but i'm
personally inclined to spend my time on debian GnuPG packaging focusing
on up-to-date systems (read: debian stable, at least) and on requests
that offer concrete suggestions for improvment without inflammatory
asides.

If you've got a concrete suggestion about what should be done in debian
jessie (oldstable) now, please spell it out explicitly.  Sorry that
debian isn't as good as it should be -- i hope we can do better in the
future!

All the best,

            --dkg
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