On Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:46:16 +0200 Fabian Greffrath <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: lutris > Version: 0.5.19-2 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > please drop the dependency on the fluid-soundfont-gs package, which by > means of Recommends pulls in the fluid-soundfont-gm package, which > installs another 150MB on my system. > > Reading the `INSTALL.rst` file we learn that fluid-soundfont-gs "or > other soundfonts" are required "for MIDI support". Well, in Debian we > already have a virtual package that you may Depend on to make sure > that at least one suitable soundfont is installed: > > sf3-soundfont-gm > > So, please do either add this as an alternative dependency to > fluid-soundfont-gs, or move fluid-soundfont-gs to Recommends. Or, > since it appears that lutris uses fluidsynth for rendering MIDI music, > let the latter take care of its soundfont dependencies itself (and > guess what, it depends on sf3-soundfont-gm). > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > > - Fabian >
Hi, Looking at the source code, lutris looks at files in /usr/share/sounds/sf2 and /usr/share/soundfonts. And if no fonts exist it writes a warning, so fluid-soundfont-gs definitely shouldn't be in Depends. In fact I think it should be in Suggests (together with fluidsynth) because it's only needed for some runners. And I would say most people use lutris with wine/proton. I was gonna contact upstream to clarify usage of these dependencies, but they are busy working on a new release and disabled issues and PRs on github. I am gonna make a MR on Salsa hoping Dave would look at it. Regarding sf3-soundfont-gm, it seems that sf2-soundfont-gm would fit better here, but it still will not install fluid-soundfont-gs. So I am gonna leave it as is -- Cheers Ilya
