Re: GNOME Software and fwupd

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 19:50 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> I've just merged a patch to gnome-software which adds an optional 
> (but
> default enabled) dependency on fwupd[1]. The fwupd project just
> provides a DBus interface for applying low-level firmware to various
> types of devices.
>
> I don't know if this makes sense for the continuous integration
> server. I don't know if it makes sense to enable by default.
> Installing firmware on more devices would be awesome (and make them
> more secure) but it is Yet Another Dep.

It's a D-Bus service, can't it be a run-time dependency?