Bug#474875: inconsistencies of dependencies between gnome and gnome-desktop-environment

[Josselin Mouette]

Le lundi 07 avril 2008 à 17:25 -0300, Rogério Brito a écrit :
> There seems to be some quite interesting inconsistencies between the
> gnome package and gnome-desktop-environment.
> 
> One of them is that the current version of gnome depends on
> epiphany-extensions, while gnome-desktop-environment depends on
> epiphany-browser | gnome-www-browser.
> 
> The latter would allow the user to install only iceweasel, for instance,
> but trying to remove the epiphany packages installed breaks the
> installation of gnome, uninstalling a lot of packages, unfortunately.

The gnome-desktop-environment dependency is here as a compromise for
those who want to install a half-assed browser without good GNOME
integration and still use this metapackage.

The gnome metapackage, on the other side, is here to bring a
full-fledged GNOME desktop. That includes a GNOME mail client, a GNOME
office suite, and… a GNOME web browser. If you don't like this
selection, you can simply remove the gnome metapackage and make your own
one, it shouldn't be a problem.

Cheers,
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