make non-essential packages Recommends and not Depends
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Jonathan Riddell | ||
| Gutsy |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Jonathan Riddell | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop
Since kubuntu-desktop installs all packages in Recommends, it would make a lot of sense to move all non-essential packages from Depends to Recommends. This will allow users to remove some packages that they may not need or in cases they would like to use own version (fro example from SVN). This have already been done in past for digikam, kipi-plugins, knetworkmanager...
This will also prevent workarounds like this:
http://
Hobbsee has provided a list of current Depends: http://
From this list, I would say this are candidates for "demotion" to Recommends:
amarok
cdrdao
cdparanoia
dvd+rw-tools
k3p
kaffeine-xine
kamera
kate
keep
kfind
kmailcvt
konversation
kooka
kopete
kpdf
kpf
kppp
krdc
krfb
ksysguard
ktorrent
wodim
Is there any side-effect of doing this?
| Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote | #1 |
| Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
| Cictani (bla-bla-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #3 |
| Luka Renko (lure) wrote | #4 |
| Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote | #5 |
| Cictani (bla-bla-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #6 |
| Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #7 |
| Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote | #8 |
| Allcolor-g (allcolor) wrote | #9 |
| Tom Haddon (mthaddon) wrote | #10 |
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote | #11 |
| Changed in kubuntu-meta: | |
| assignee: | nobody → jr |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Cictani (bla-bla-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #12 |
| Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #13 |
| Changed in kubuntu-meta: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
There is a side-effect, a pretty ugly one actually:
Micheal is using Ubuntu, he recently discovered the love KDE is offering and wants to switch to comple Kubuntu Desktop. $SEARCHWEBSITE is telling him, that by installing kubuntu-desktop he will get a complete Kubuntu environemnt. Micheal apt-gets kubuntu-desktop, but soon has to discover, that he doesn't have a music player, a bruning application, a IM-client etc. Micheal is kinda disappointed and switches back to Ubuntu.