Comment 3 for bug 1457753

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Personally I don't mind either way. Users who need smbclient generally know they need it and so should be able to install it themselves. Changing this kind of default between releases isn't really a regression - the point of new releases is to be able to change defaults like this.

If you really want this changed, first this needs to be checked on Debian to see if it is an Ubuntu-only issue or not. If this does turn out to apply to Debian too, then I think it is most likely a deliberate design decision and a justification to change it back would need to be made in Debian.

I'll mark the Ubuntu task "Won't Fix" since: 1) I think it is most likely a deliberate change in Debian, therefore not a bug, and not something we'd consider changing directly in Ubuntu over Debian's decision without further justification; and 2) I think it's therefore unlikely that this change will ever happen in Ubuntu, there's little point in keeping a bug open about it, and keeping the bug open gives others misleading expectations.

I would be happy for this bug to be re-opened though if any of my assumptions are wrong or if a real reason to change it comes to light.