[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#736405: Bug#736405: python-samba: multiple client-side packages pull in samba since python-samba 2:4.1.4+dfsg-2

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:00:49PM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Since 2:4.1.4+dfsg-2 python-samba depends on samba (the daemon/service)
> package itself. But python-samba is (via samba-common-bin) a dependency
> of several client packages, including:
> 
> * fusesmb
> * nautilus-share
> * backuppc
> * smb4k
> 
> I suspect this is related to the following changelog entry:
> 
>    * Move libpac, db_glue and hdb module from samba-libs to samba
>      package to reduce size and dependency set of libs package.
> 
> So maybe these parts could be separated into their own package, maybe
> samba-libs-extra or such?

Crap, I forgot to check that. That change did seem too easy.

I think we'll indeed have to move one or more of these into a separate
package. Alternatively, perhaps it is time to split up python-samba.

Thanks for the bug report.

Cheers,

Jelmer
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