[kwlug-disc] What is all this about systemd?

[Hubert Chathi]

On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:42:53 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> said:

> 3. They found some weird dependencies are there, e.g. GIMP requires
> libsystemd because if depends on libpulse.

libpulse0 depending on libsystemd0 doesn't surprise me, nor does it
bother me, since it's just for accessing systemd functionality if it's
there, and won't cause systemd to be installed.  What surprises me more
is that GIMP, which doesn't do any audio-related stuff, somehow depends
on libpulse0.