On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 08:47:53 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Rejoice ! I just split the package into two:
I didn't know you were considering this back in 2019, I just saw the message on debian-devel, and I'm glad you decided to split. > So you should be able to remove mailcap easily. In the mean time, is there a way to deactivate automatic generation of /etc/mailcap on stable? Is /etc/update-mime.conf intended for things like that? Even in the future, if I could do that I wouldn't be barred from installing packages depending on "mailcap". I was not aware of the discussion taking place in #964723 about moving away from mailcap which may also be relevant here. Personally my only concern is the ability to permanently deactivate all default rules, be it mailcap or xdg-open or whatever. Neither my file manager nor my mail user agent has a notion of type/program associations whatsoever, so I generally don't care. But sometimes I'm forced to use some program that digs up and runs a mailcap rule I didn't write, which annoys me to no end (security aside). I look forward to hearing your view on the main issue (documenting unspecified things about mailcap). Thanks.
