[ubuntu-dev] Bug#983683: gdebi: downgrade policykit-1 as a Recommends only

[Thierry B.]

Package: gdebi
Version: 0.9.5.7+nmu4
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Using Devuan without policykit, the package gdebi can't be installed. 
However
it is not a strong dependency, as I remove this dependency from the deb
and it works fine for more than 2 years.

So policykit-1 could be only Recommended.


-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera/ceres)
Release:	testing/unstable
Codename:	n/a
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE=fr:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages gdebi depends on:
ii  gdebi-core        0.9.5.7+nmu4
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0    3.24.24-1
ii  gir1.2-vte-2.91   0.62.2-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme  3.12.0-3
ii  python3           3.9.1-1
ii  python3-gi        3.38.0-2

Versions of packages gdebi recommends:
pn  libgtk2-perl      <none>
ii  lintian           2.104.0
ii  shared-mime-info  2.0-1

gdebi suggests no packages.

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