Bug#493948: gnome shouldn't depend on any swfdec* package, just recommend it

Guillaume Gimenez ggimenez at free.fr
Mon Oct 6 17:50:44 UTC 2008


Package: gnome
Version: 1:2.22.2~5
Followup-For: Bug #493948


Hi folks,
Gnome shouldn't depend on any swfdec* package, just recommend it, because it is still buggy, doesn't work on all contents and its features aren't mandatories in desktop-environment.

Best regards - Guillaume Gimenez

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  arj                        3.10.22-6     archiver for .arj files
ii  avahi-daemon               0.6.22-3      Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  bluez-gnome                0.27-1        Bluetooth utilities for GNOME
ii  epiphany-extensions        2.22.2-1      Extensions for Epiphany web browse
ii  evolution-exchange         2.22.3.dfsg-1 Exchange plugin for the Evolution 
ii  evolution-plugins          2.22.3.1-1    standard plugins for Evolution
ii  evolution-webcal           2.21.92-1     webcal: URL handler for GNOME and 
ii  gdm-themes                 0.6           Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  gnome-app-install          0.5.5.1-1     GNOME Application Installer
ii  gnome-desktop-environment  1:2.22.2~5    The GNOME Desktop Environment
ii  gnome-games                1:2.22.3-2    games for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-spell                1.0.7-1       GNOME/Bonobo component for spell c
ii  gnome-themes-extras        0.9.0.deb0.4  various themes for the GNOME 2 des
ii  gnome-vfs-obexftp          0.4-1         GNOME VFS module for OBEX FTP
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg       0.10.4-3      FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.8-1      GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" 
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring       2.22.3-1      PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  p7zip                      4.58~dfsg.1-1 7zr file archiver with high compre
ii  rhythmbox                  0.11.6-1      music player and organizer for GNO
ii  serpentine                 0.9-6         An application for creating audio 
ii  swfdec-mozilla             0.6.0-4       Mozilla plugin for SWF files (Macr
ii  synaptic                   0.62.1        Graphical package manager
ii  system-config-printer      1.0.0-3       graphical interface to configure t
ii  totem-mozilla              2.22.2-4      Totem Mozilla plugin
ii  transmission-gtk           1.22-1        free, lightweight BitTorrent clien

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  gdebi                    0.3.11debian1   Simple tool to install deb files
ii  gnome-games-extra-data   2.22.0-1        games for the GNOME desktop (extra
ii  gnome-office             1:2.22.2~5      The GNOME Office suite
ii  gparted                  0.3.8-1         GNOME partition editor
ii  gthumb                   3:2.10.8-1      an image viewer and browser
ii  hal-cups-utils           0.6.16-2        Utilities to detect and configure 
ii  hardinfo                 0.4.2.3-4       Displays system information
ii  liferea                  1.4.18-1        feed aggregator for GNOME
ii  menu-xdg                 0.3             freedesktop.org menu compliant win
ii  network-manager-gnome    0.6.6-2         network management framework (GNOM
ii  pidgin                   2.4.3-2         graphical multi-protocol instant m
ii  tomboy                   0.10.2-1        desktop note taking program using 
ii  tsclient                 0.150-1         front-end for viewing of remote de
ii  update-notifier          0.70.7.debian-4 Daemon which notifies about packag

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  gnome-dbg                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  openoffice.org-evolution      1:2.4.1-8  Evolution Addressbook support for 
pn  openoffice.org-gnome          <none>     (no description available)

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