Bug#935304: libpam-systemd: Please relax Depends: systemd-sysv

[Michael Biebl]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:08:17 -0500 Sam Hartman <hartmans at debian.org> wrote:
> >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> writes:
> 
>     Mark> Thanks for your considered response. I understand and accept that you don't
>     Mark> think this is the correct solution to the issue.
> 
>     Mark> However, the underlying issue of how to facilitate migration of a system from
>     Mark> libpam-systemd to libpam-elogind remains. Do you have other suggestions of how
>     Mark> we might address this or find a solution?
> 
> I'm very interested in michael's response.  I wanted to make Mark aware
> of a likely future discussion.  With his policy hat on, Russ said he's
> going to start a discussion on debian-devel about how to track
> dependencies on system services rather than on packages.
> So, for example, to track the availability of the tmpfiles service,
> rather than simply that systemd or opentmpfiles  is installed.
> 
> I think Russ is aware of the elogind issues, but I think bringing those
> issues up in that discussion or reaching out to Russ would both be good
> ideas.
> 
> That may be a more long-term solution.
> So, I think it would still be great to get any input Michael has here.

Tbh, I'm not sure what kind of answer you expect from me.

I guess I already provided my feedback here and mentioned what kind of
solution I prefer. I can repeat this in this bug report, but I'm not
sure if this is helpful.

If I misunderstood what your intentions are, I apologize. Please be more
specific then.

Michael

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