[Bug 819802] [NEW] Please refactor plymouth to remove the libdrm2 dependency when text themes are used

[Emmet Hikory]

Public bug reported:

The Ubuntu Core image contains libdrm2 and various implementations of
userspace interfaces for specific DRI modules, which may not match
hardware on target systems, especially for users intending not to
provide any graphical interface (often including no graphical console).
This significantly increases the size of the image, without direct
benefit to the user.

plymouth should detect when the theme requires the direct rendering
interface, and only load the appropriate DRM implementations at that
time.  The theme packages should depend on any required interfaces, and
the plymouth package not require any DRM implementation when using text
themes.

** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: core

** Tags added: core

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Title:
  Please refactor plymouth to remove the libdrm2 dependency when text
  themes are used

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu Core image contains libdrm2 and various implementations of
  userspace interfaces for specific DRI modules, which may not match
  hardware on target systems, especially for users intending not to
  provide any graphical interface (often including no graphical
  console).  This significantly increases the size of the image, without
  direct benefit to the user.

  plymouth should detect when the theme requires the direct rendering
  interface, and only load the appropriate DRM implementations at that
  time.  The theme packages should depend on any required interfaces,
  and the plymouth package not require any DRM implementation when using
  text themes.

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