[Bug 1884583] Re: vim is dependent on libcanberra0 in Ubuntu 20.04, had no such dependency in Ubuntu 18.04

[Scott Mcdermott]

This is really crazy, the package named "vim-nox" now requires an
abstract sound library that uses XDG specification for sound, is
packaged by GNOME maintainers, and pulls in several audio libraries and
freedesktop sound theme? What on earth does that have to do with editing
files, and how is that "nox"? The reason we use vim-nox is so all the
desktop/gui/X nonsense isn't needed or installed on our systems.  We
don't want a stripped vim-tiny that's barely functional.  Please revert
this madness.

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Title:
  vim is dependent on libcanberra0 in Ubuntu 20.04, had no such
  dependency in Ubuntu 18.04

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  which pulls in libasound and some alsa packages which I am not sure why it is useful and desired on most text-only/headless systems.
  In Debian I also see this dependency arisen with Bullseye/testing and Sid/unstable (but not with Buster/stable) but I don't see any mention of this introduction and its usefulness in the package's changelog. Could the reason of this dependency creation please be investigated, its usefulness evaluated, and if possible, this dependency to be made optional for vim builds ? Surprisingly, installing vim-nox also pulls in libcanberra0. vim-tiny does not pull in libcanberra0, but it also does not have syntax highlighting. What should I do to have syntax highlighting without libcanberra0 overhead ?

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