FS#64862 - [networkmanager] add plugins as opt depends

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by BrLi (brli) - Monday, 16 December 2019, 18:29 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 02 June 2023, 23:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

should notify users that VPNs wouldn't work without the plugins

Additional info:
* package version(s) 1.20.8-1
* config and/or log files etc. PKGBUILD
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce:

1. install the networkmanager-XXX vpn plugins
2. pacman -Qqdt
3. shows the plugins packages
4. pacman -Sii networkmanager and look and the optional depends
5. should list the plugin packages as optdepends and indicate the vpn support only works with installing them.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Friday, 02 June 2023, 23:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  See comments
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 02 June 2023, 23:56 GMT
The VPN plugins are well covered in the Wiki [1]. Listing them as optdepends doesn't seem appropriate because technically they're not "additional features". Nobody else (including the PM) has expressed an interest in this...

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#VPN_support

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