Bug#685146: wicd-daemon packages dependencies
Hi,
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> the dependency on an dhcp client in the packages should be formulated with the
> help of the virtual packet "dhcp-client" as something like
>
> dhcpcd | pump | udhcpc | dhcp-client
>
> (Compare bug #680976.)
I disagree here. Wicd has a list of supported DHCP clients and handles
each one differently depending on its features. AFAIK wicd is not
capable of talking to arbitrary DHCP clients. Hence the way #680976
has been fixed was correct.
> Furthermore, I would like to suggest to change the dependency on
> "wireless-tools" to a recommendation,
Indeed, wicd theoretically could be used to handle wired
configurations only. I'm though not sure if wicd works properly
without iwconfig, iwlist and friends installed, so I'm reluctant here.
Additionally, I consider such cases being very rare.
Less rare, but a similar case is the question if wpa-supplicant needs
to be a hard dependency. E.g. there might be users just connecting to
open or WEP-"secured" wifi networks. (But at least the latter case
should be very rare nowadays, too.)
I'd avoid these kind of changes before the Stretch release as they
need quite some testing. But I might reconsider them after the Stretch
release.
> since with newer kernels this package isn't mandatory any more.
I don't see why this would be relevant here. The sole reason for
downgrading these dependencies is because there might be use cases
where wireless at all is not needed. (AFAIK wicd can't yet use "iw"
instead of iwconfig and friends.)
Regards, Axel
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