[Bug 1976352] [NEW] The plymouth label pulls in too many dependencies

[Alfonso Sanchez-Beato]

Public bug reported:

The plymouth label pulls in too many dependencies (libpango, libcairo, X
libs, etc.). This is an issue for integration in the initramfs.

There is an alternative plugin (label-ft) that has been proposed upstream:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/plymouth/plymouth/-/merge_requests/91

I have attached a debdiff that integrates that plugin in our packaging.
As it is a separate plugin, core parts of plymouth are only slightly
changed.

The package built for kinetic can be found here too:
https://launchpad.net/~alfonsosanchezbeato/+archive/ubuntu/build2

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

** Patch added: "label-ft.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1976352/+attachment/5594049/+files/label-ft.debdiff

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Title:
  The plymouth label pulls in too many dependencies

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The plymouth label pulls in too many dependencies (libpango, libcairo,
  X libs, etc.). This is an issue for integration in the initramfs.

  There is an alternative plugin (label-ft) that has been proposed upstream:
  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/plymouth/plymouth/-/merge_requests/91

  I have attached a debdiff that integrates that plugin in our
  packaging. As it is a separate plugin, core parts of plymouth are only
  slightly changed.

  The package built for kinetic can be found here too:
  https://launchpad.net/~alfonsosanchezbeato/+archive/ubuntu/build2

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