Source: transmission Version: 4.0.6+dfsg-1 transmission-gtk is included in Ubuntu Desktop's default install (specifically the expanded install option). This means that transmission-gtk is in Ubuntu main and all its dependencies must be in Ubuntu main instead of in Ubuntu universe.
libb64 is in Ubuntu universe. After an initial review, I determined that libb64 does not seem like a good candidate for Ubuntu's Main Inclusion process [1]. Therefore, I will need to re-vendor libb64 inside the transmission package. If Debian does the same, then it would be possible for Debian and Ubuntu to share the same packaging, allowing package improvements to more quickly reach Ubuntu during the part of Ubuntu's development cycle when automatic sync is enabled. Specifically: - libb64 has been unmaintained since 2013 https://sourceforge.net/p/libb64/git/commit_browser - libb64 has several open bugs, some of which have security implications https://sourceforge.net/p/libb64/bugs/ - libb64 is missing a pkgconfig file which is a relatively simple standard way for other software to use libb64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1534293 - The Debian packaging is not using simple dh rules. The packaging seems to otherwise be fairly modern but it's more complicated than typical Debian packages. https://salsa.debian.org/alteholz/libb64/-/blob/master/debian/rules Reference -------------- [1] https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-mir Thank you, Jeremy Bícha
