Bug#1005223: bad package dependencies, power button not working

[Luca Boccassi]

On Wed, 2022-02-09 at 10:58 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 09.02.22 um 10:52 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> > By using prio=standard and a Recommends in systemd, we provide more 
> > flexibility in how the base system can be assembled.
> > 
> > Maybe we are at a point though, where we should just bite the bullet and 
> > make dbus a dependency of systemd.
> > 
> > I'd like more input on this matter from other team members though.
> > 
> > I've also CCed Simon as maintainer of dbus, if we'd be ok with this.
> 
> One more thought: dbus-broker, which is an alternative dbus 
> implementation which provides dbus-system-bus, has a Depends: 
> systemd-sysv. So by bumping the Recommends to Depends we'd create a 
> dependency cycle. Such dependency cycles are strictly discouraged 
> though, as they can lead to unpredictable upgrade orderings/results.
> 
> Michael

IMHO the current setup is fine. There are legitimate use cases of
minimal images and runtime environments where you just want to pull in
some tools, without the whole dbus system session.

The installer does the right thing, and one can use the task or just
pull in recommends for other cases.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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