[Bug 1957756] Re: ntfs-3g should switch to fuse3 (build-)dependencies

[Paride Legovini]

Debian has a much more up to date ntfs-3g and the Ubuntu delta is small,
so we should also merge the package from Debian as we're touching it.

Also note that we may want to demote ntfs-3g to universe at some point,
as Linux 5.15 shipped with a new and much improved r/w NTFS
implementation [1].

FTR the ntfs-3g reverse-depends in main currently are:

Reverse-Recommends
* ubuntu-standard [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
* udisks2

Reverse-Depends
* ntfs-3g-dev [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
* ubiquity [amd64 arm64]
* ubuntu-server-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]

[1]
https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.15#New_NTFS_file_system_implementation

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Title:
  ntfs-3g should switch to fuse3 (build-)dependencies

Status in ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As outlined in the fuse3 MIR bug LP: #1934510 the current plan is to
  demote fuse2 to universe before the end of the 22.04 cycle. The
  ntfs-3g currently has dependencies on fuse2:

  Build-Depends: libfuse-dev (>= 2.9.3-16)

  Package: ntfs-3g
  Pre-Depends:
   fuse [linux-any],
   fuse4bsd [kfreebsd-any],

  Package: ntfs-3g-udeb
   fuse-udeb,

  We should try rebuilding the package against fuse3 and see how it
  behaves. Upstream is active, but I don't see fuse3 being mentioned in
  the commit history or issue tracker.

  I don't immediately see the reason for the Pre-Depends, I think we
  should check if that's actually needed or if it can be dropped. The
  dependency on bin:fuse is an issue as fuse3 Breaks: fuse, and we'll
  have other packages depending on bin:fuse3.

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