[Bug 1762082] [NEW] software-properties-common 0.96.24.24 bloats dependencies on server

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

As of version 0.96.24.24, software-properties-common declares
dependencies on gir1.2-goa-1.0, gir1.2-snapd-1, and gir1.2-secret-1.
This in turn pulls in a variety of transitive dependencies, including
glib-networking, which was noticed because it is now part of the cloud
image used for autopkgtests and breaks tests on some packages.

We include software-properties-common in the server seed in order for
the add-apt-repository command to work.  add-apt-repository definitely
doesn't seem to be making use of any of these other gir modules.  I
don't think this dependency is added at the right level; I think the
dependency needs to be moved up to whichever package is actually making
use of the canonical-livepatch information - which appears to be
software-properties-gtk.

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
         Status: Triaged

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: software-properties (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: High
     Assignee: Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
       Status: New

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Title:
  software-properties-common 0.96.24.24 bloats dependencies on server

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in software-properties source package in Bionic:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  As of version 0.96.24.24, software-properties-common declares
  dependencies on gir1.2-goa-1.0, gir1.2-snapd-1, and gir1.2-secret-1.
  This in turn pulls in a variety of transitive dependencies, including
  glib-networking, which was noticed because it is now part of the cloud
  image used for autopkgtests and breaks tests on some packages.

  We include software-properties-common in the server seed in order for
  the add-apt-repository command to work.  add-apt-repository definitely
  doesn't seem to be making use of any of these other gir modules.  I
  don't think this dependency is added at the right level; I think the
  dependency needs to be moved up to whichever package is actually
  making use of the canonical-livepatch information - which appears to
  be software-properties-gtk.

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