[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#595114: udisks: Please document reasons for recommendations

[Josh Triplett]

Package: udisks
Version: 1.0.1+git20100614-1+b1
Severity: wishlist

udisks recommends several packages:
Recommends: policykit-1, hdparm, dosfstools, mtools, ntfs-3g, ntfsprogs

However, nothing in the package description explains why these
recommendations exist and what udisks does with them.  policykit-1 seems
fairly obvious (though not why it doesn't qualify as a Depends) but
hdparm, mtools, and the various filesystem-specific bits don't have any
indication of what they might get used for, and what functionality they
enable for programs that depend on udisks.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages udisks depends on:
ii  dbus                  1.2.24-3           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libatasmart4          0.17+git20100219-2 ATA S.M.A.R.T. reading and parsing
ii  libc6                 2.11.2-2           Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.24-3           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2      0.88-2             simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1    2:1.02.48-3        The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.24.1-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgudev-1.0-0        161-1              GObject-based wrapper library for 
ii  libparted0debian1     2.3-2              The GNU Parted disk partitioning s
ii  libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.96-2             PolicyKit backend API
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.96-2             PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libsgutils2-2         1.29-1             utilities for devices using the SC
ii  libudev0              161-1              libudev shared library
ii  udev                  161-1              /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages udisks recommends:
ii  dosfstools                    3.0.9-1    utilities for making and checking 
pn  hdparm                        <none>     (no description available)
ii  mtools                        4.0.12-1   Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
pn  ntfs-3g                       <none>     (no description available)
pn  ntfsprogs                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  policykit-1                   0.96-2     framework for managing administrat

Versions of packages udisks suggests:
pn  cryptsetup                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  mdadm                         <none>     (no description available)
pn  reiserfsprogs                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  xfsprogs                      <none>     (no description available)

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