On 04/27/2018 11:17 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > Package: libminiupnpc16 > Version: 2.0.20180222-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > libminiupnpc16 recommends minissdpd. That means, every applications that > links against libminiupnpc16 will pull in minissdpd. > In my specific case I noticed it because of transmission-gtk. > > In a binary distribution like Debian, it's common to enable as many > features as feasible, which in most cases means, linking against a > specific library. > It should should be up to the actual application though, in this case > transmission-gtk, to add a recommends or depends on a specific daemon > like minissdpd, as only the application maintainer itself knows, if the > functionality provided by the library/daemon is important to the > application itself. It shouldn't be up to the library to pull in such > helper daemons. > > Therefore, please consider dropping the Recommends on minissdpd or > lowering it to Suggests. > > Regards, > Michael
Michael, We know, and this will be addressed. Please just bare with us for a little bit more. There's already a bug opened for that thing. By the way, the use case that you're commenting is exactly why you do need minissdpd: it's going to really speed-up starting transmission. But that's probably off-topic... :) Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
