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FS#79937 - [kinfocenter] Change fwupd to be optional dependency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by cmm11 (cmm11) - Thursday, 12 October 2023, 19:32 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Thursday, 12 October 2023, 19:42 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
Kinfocenter currently has fwupd listed as a required dependency, i'm asking for the consideration to change fwupd to an optional dependency instead.
I don't think a firmware manager tool and daemon should be required to be installed by default unless the user wishes to use that part of Kinfocenter.
Currently by having fwupd as required dependency it pulls in the fwupd daemon, creates a fwupd service account then fwupd depends on passim (a local caching server) which creates a passim service account which then depends on avahi (which a user may also not want installed).

Fwiw Debian & Fedora's Kinfocenter both do not require fwupd. (Fedora has it as recommended)

Thanks for reading.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 19:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  kinfocenter 5.27.8-3

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