[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#883020: Debian Bug Report: libguestfs0 should not depend on btrfs-progs

[Hilko Bengen]

* H.-Dirk Schmitt:

> Package: libguestfs0
> Version: 1.28.1 (and newer)
>
> libguestfs0 should not depend on btrfs-progs. 

libguestfs is designed to handle disk images of virtual machines and it
makes sense to include at least support for common filesystems. You and
I may not particularly like the filesystem, but btrfs is one of the more
commonly used filesystems.

See [1] for why the binary packages built from the libguestfs source
packages are split the way they are right now.

> There are systems which explicitly exclude btrfs from setup.

I'm not sure I follow: Do you mean that some sort of policy
forbids/prevents installation of anything btrfs-related?

Cheers,
-Hilko

[1] https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/analysis-of-the-size-of-libguestfs-dependencies/