[Pkg-opt-media-team] Bug#565874: Recommends still installs genisoimage by default

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 06 novembre 2010 à 16:46 -0200, Rogério Brito a écrit : 
> For some reason, I didn't receive your e-mails regarding this (probably
> some overzealous filter somewhere), but I am now revising the packages
> that I maintain and I saw your messages.

And now we’re in deep freeze :(

> > Since I understand that you don’t want the growisofs command line to be
> > unusable by default, let me suggest another fix:
> >
> >       * Split growisofs and dvd+rw-format in a new binary package;
> >         let’s call it growisofs.
> 
> OK. Let me just refresh my mind: your purpose is to throw away
> genisoimage/mkisofs and siblings (i.e., kill the cdrkit stuff), right?

Precisely. This is the last missing piece to have a completely
Schilling-free default installation.

> In this growisofs package you want just growisofs and dvd+rw-format and
> nothing else, right?

Yes, exactly.

> >       * Make dvd+rw-tools Depends: growisofs, genisoimage.
> 
> OK. Here.
> 
> >       * Have growisofs not depend on anything else than
> >         ${shlibs:Depends}.
> >       * Then I’ll just have to make brasero Depends: growisofs.
> >       * PROFIT
> > 
> > How does that sound?
> 
> That sounds perfectly fine with me, apart from having to go through the
> NEW queue at this stage. Should I use any higher priority for the
> purpose of getting this into testing?

I don’t think it’s a matter of priority, but of having the release team
agree with this change.

Which is why I’m CCing them to get their opinion on this change.

Cheers,
-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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`. `'  “If you behave this way because you are blackmailed by someone,
  `-    […] I will see what I can do for you.”  -- Jörg Schilling
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