Can we remove dependency on IPtables from kinfocenter

Brainstorm
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# Dependency tree
~ pactree -r iptables
iptables
└─iproute2
  └─kinfocenter

# Attempting to remove iptables
~ sudo pacman -R iptables   
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing iptables breaks dependency 'libxtables.so=12-64' required by iproute2

# Attempting to remove iproute2
~ sudo pacman -R iproute2 
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing iproute2 breaks dependency 'iproute2' required by kinfocenter

# Removing kinfocenter removes iptables
~ sudo pacman -Runs kinfocenter      
checking dependencies...
:: powerdevil optionally requires kinfocenter: for the Energy Information KCM
:: systemd optionally requires iptables: firewall features

Packages (14) aha-0.5.1-3  clinfo-3.0.23.01.25-1  dmidecode-3.6-1  iproute2-6.14.0-1  iptables-1:1.8.11-2  libmnl-1.0.5-2  libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.9-2  libnfnetlink-1.0.2-2  libnftnl-1.2.9-1  mesa-utils-9.0.0-5
              vulkan-tools-1.4.309.0-1  wayland-utils-1.2.0-2  xorg-xdpyinfo-1.3.4-2  kinfocenter-6.3.4-1

Total Removed Size:  11.22 MiB

:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n]

iproute2 - does NOT require iptables. See Arch Linux - iproute2 6.14.0-1 (x86_64)

Why kinfocenter does then? Can we make it optional? I do not use IPtables. KDEInfoCenter should only be pulling hardware stuff, there should be no need to access iptables.

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That dependency would be set by the distro.

It isn’t on mine, so I don’t have it installed, just iproute2.

You would want to bring this up with Arch.

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