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commit f80916729f66af051f4813b04e5d86f2bbaac415
Merge: 7f5e9c86 9f82b266
Author: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
Date: Tue Jan 6 17:56:02 2026 +0100
Merge branch 'recommends-sudo' of git+ssh://git.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/ubuntu-dev-tools
MR: https://code.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/ubuntu-dev-tools/+git/ubuntu-dev-tools/+merge/497980
Signed-off-by: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
commit 9f82b2668204df053d12d1a8017a7a1fb5f3eeed
Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
Date: Thu Jan 1 16:05:40 2026 +0000
Demote sudo to Recommends
... and indicate which tools need it in the package description.
At least on current Debian testing, `run0` is an adequate non-setuid
replacement for `sudo` for typical interactive purposes. The only
obstacle to me removing `sudo` from my system entirely is that
`ubuntu-dev-tools` depends on it, but only for tools that I don't need
any more.
Given that a significant subset of this package is useful without `sudo`
(e.g. `pull-debian-source` and friends, `syncpackage`, `backportpackage`
provided that you aren't asking it to build using `pbuilder`, and so
on), I think Recommends would be more appropriate than Depends. This
won't affect Ubuntu systems at present since `sudo` is still in the
minimal seed, and it also won't affect typical users who install with
Recommends, but it would make it easier for some users to choose to
reduce their security exposure.
commit 7f5e9c8680e1b2c8416c42412519790d623b601b
Author: Florent 'Skia' Jacquet <florent.jacquet@canonical.com>
Date: Mon Jun 16 12:08:35 2025 +0200
pm-helper: make use of YesNoQuestion
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