[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#1039901: Bug#1039901: Demote ntfs-3g from recommends to suggests

[Michael Biebl]

Control: block -1 by 998627

Am 11.07.23 um 11:55 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> 
> 
> Am 29.06.23 um 12:33 schrieb Sebastien Bacher:
>> Package: udisks2
>> Version: 2.9.4-4
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> The change was suggested on 
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~xnox/ubuntu/+source/udisks2/+git/udisks2/+merge/419970 but the rational applies to Debian as well
>>
>> 'Demote ntfs-3g from recommends to suggests; now that ntfs3 kernel 
>> module is preferred.'
> 
> Could you elaborate here?
> If I uninstall ntfs-3g I get
> 
> $ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb1
> Error mounting /dev/sdb1: 
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error mounting 
> /dev/sdb1 at /media/michael/EXTREME: Filesystem type ntfs not configured 
> in kernel.
> 
> 
> Also, ntfs-3g ships mkfs.ntfs etc which would be missing otherwise.
> I.e. users wouldn't be able to create NTFS formatted USB sticks for 
> example, which is an important use case imho.

See also https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=998627

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