Move away from runtime hard dependencies, so users can pick and choose their components

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index a2c66b66af3e..85b459addf89 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ pkgbase = kata-containers-bin
 
 pkgname = kata-runtime-bin
 	install = kata2-runtime.install
-	depends = qemu-headless
-	depends = kata-containers-image-bin
-	depends = linux-kata-bin
-	optdepends = cloud-hypervisor<16.0
-	optdepends = firecracker<0.24.0
+	optdepends = kata-containers-image: Disk and initrd images for booting Kata VMs
+	optdepends = linux-kata: Kernel images for booting Kata VMs
+	optdepends = qemu-headless: QEMU-hypervised Kata VMs
+	optdepends = cloud-hypervisor<16.0: Cloud-Hypervisor-based Kata VMs
+	optdepends = firecracker<0.24.0: Firecracker-based Kata VMs
 	provides = kata-runtime
 	provides = kata2-runtime
 	conflicts = kata-runtime
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 4491662bd52a..8d8bbcce5970 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -58,14 +58,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 package_kata-runtime-bin() {
-  depends=(
-    qemu-headless
-    kata-containers-image-bin
-    linux-kata-bin
-  )
   optdepends=(
-    'cloud-hypervisor<16.0'
-    'firecracker<0.24.0'
+    'kata-containers-image: Disk and initrd images for booting Kata VMs'
+    'linux-kata: Kernel images for booting Kata VMs'
+    'qemu-headless: QEMU-hypervised Kata VMs'
+    'cloud-hypervisor<16.0: Cloud-Hypervisor-based Kata VMs'
+    'firecracker<0.24.0: Firecracker-based Kata VMs'
   )
   conflicts=('kata-runtime' 'kata1-runtime' 'kata2-runtime')
   provides=('kata-runtime' 'kata2-runtime')