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

[Sebastien Bacher]

Thanks for pointing those out Michael. I hadn't noticed that Debian 
didn't have the ntfs option turned on in their kernel, but the mkfs 
point is also valid.

Should I just close the request since currently the recommends seems to 
be more appropriate?

Le 11/07/2023 à 15:12, Michael Biebl a écrit :
> 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
>