[Mageia-dev] new samba-squid subpackage proporsal

Fri Aug 5 18:17:15 CEST 2011

Op woensdag 03 augustus 2011 14:01:16 schreef Buchan Milne:
+> On Tuesday, 2 August 2011 22:23:24 Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+> > Op dinsdag 02 augustus 2011 17:04:41 schreef Buchan Milne:
+> > > Samba-common is the right package for this. I see no need to have a
+> > > squid- specific subpackage (and then samba-apache, samba-freeradius,
+> > > with the same content, or all virtual packages just pulling
+> > > samba-common).
+> > > 
+> > > Feel free to mess up your squid package by adding suggests on
+> > > samba-common, but since installing the right package is trivially
+> > > solved by the admin and is a small portion of the work required, I
+> > > would personally prefer not to increase the default footprint of any
+> > > installation that pulls in squid.
+> > 
+> > this is really imho an example where conditional suggests could work
+> > well: if you have squid already installed and you're installing samba,
+> > this subpackage could then be suggested. (and vice versa).
+> 
+> But, it is irrelevant. samba-common is required by both samba-client and
+> samba-server, so you can't install samba without getting ntlm_auth.
+
+there is definately a misunderstanding here, conditional suggests are not 
+usefull for requires, only for suggests
+ 
+> This is really about whether squid should pull in any pieces of samba by
+> default, and could be solved by adding:
+> Suggests: samba-common
+> 
+> to squid. But, I don't see much value, as this is a small part of the work
+> required to get a single-sign on authentication solution for squid against
+> AD. The default squid.conf already has example configs showing that
+> ntlm_auth is required, and all we are saving the user is a 'urpmf
+> ntlm_auth' and a 'urpmi samba-common'. However, there are many scenarios
+> squid can be deployed (e.g. SSO with GSSAPI, basic auth with LDAP, PAM,
+> NIS etc., no authentication, peer cache only etc.), and I don't see a
+> reason to pull in samba-common by default, when it saves the admin very
+> little effort.
+> 
+> Regards,
+> Buchan
+
+well if it was in a separate package (and not in samba-common), it would be 
+interesting to have conditional suggests. because then samba would pull it in; 
+and squid too, without needing samba if you don't have it.
+
+but, maybe i'm misunderstanding this thread
+