Bug#779612: [pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#779612: systemd-sysv,cryptsetup: systemd-sysv, cryptsetup should recommend plymouth; without plymouth cryptsetup prompts are unusable

[Gordon Morehouse]

On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 12:45:28 +0100, Jonas Meurer <jonas at freesources.org> wrote:
> Hi Gordon,
> 
> thanks for the bugreport. I escalate this bugreport to the
> debian-release team, asking for advice: would you accept another
> cryptsetup upload targeted to jessie in order to add 'plymouth' to the
> list of recommended packages?

Thank you!

> I agree that plymouth should be pulled in per default on jessie
> installations with systemd and cryptsetup. While I don't know nothing
> about systemd without plymouth, when cryptsetup comes into play,
> plymouth is critical for the interactive password prompt at boot.
> 
> Therefore I agree with the bug submitter, that cryptsetup in jessie
> should recommend plymouth.
> 
> I could upload cryptsetup packages with the added recommends immediately
> after the pre-approval of the jessie release team.

There are some differing opinions starting at about [1] on Bug#768314.

I will attempt to direct them here.

1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768314#160

Best,
-Gordon M.