On Sat 18 Oct 2014 at 17:29:58 +0200, Peter Nieman wrote: > On 18/10/14 13:49, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >Do you have an answer to your question? > > > >Wild guess - notifications? > > I don't know claws, but I know from Wheezy that many packages depend > on dbus although dbus isn't necessary for doing the job. Please look > here for examples: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/09/msg00843.html > How is dbus necessary for opening a pdf file, for instance? And mail > clients were able to notify users even before dbus was invented. > Trying to get rid of such dependencies is a good thing, in my humble > opinion.
The original post was about claws. My reply was also about claws. If I hadn't known anything about the topic I wouldn't have responded. You obviously take a different view about things you cannot be bothered to check. The OP made a specific *technical* claim. It has been shown to be fatuous. brian@desktop:~$ apt-cache -i rdepends dbus | wc -l 63 None of the 63 packages is a PDF reader. > >Now my question - why did you remove Brian's question from it's context? TIA [Snip] > >NOTE: He was responding to the, um, claim that removing dbus in some > >unknown way removed a (possible??) systemd *dependency*. > > Well, I thought there was a strong relationship between systemd and > dbus. Or are you telling me there is none - neither personnel-wise > nor technology-wise? Wasn't it mentioned on this list some time ago systemd doesn't depend on dbus. Your suspicions that there is a love-in between the two is unfounded; they are just good friends. > that Wheezy machines running dbus would be upgraded to systemd > whereas machines not running dbus might have a chance of not being? > By the way, I can't find the word "dependency" that you highlighted > in Steve's post. I have no recollection of seeing what you mention. It is completely incorrect anyway. On the other hand. the actual mechanism involved in a wheezy upgrade has been been spoken about a number of times. That seems to have passed you by. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141019114816.gp23...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
