Subject: bug#506: libvirt-daemon-system should not depend on policykit-1

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:05:41 +0100

Thierry,

Thanks for this.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 05:41:11PM +0200, Thierry B. wrote:
> Package: libvirt-daemon-system
> Version: 6.5.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> This is a follow-up to Debian bugs reports :
> 
> - #897936: libvirt-daemon-system should not depend on policykit-1
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897936
> 
> and
> 
> - #768376: libvirt-daemon-system: Please downgrade policykit-1
> dependency to recommends
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768376
> 
> As you can see in these Debian reports, Debian will doing nothing, so
> this i a feature request to fork this package to downgrade "policykit-1"
> from Depends tp Recommends

Do you have packaging skills? Would you be prepared to maintain the fork?

Mark