Bug#317810: reduce Depends: gnome-volume-manager to Recommends

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Sun Nov 22 00:55:46 UTC 2009


Package: gnome
Severity: normal

Hi,

gnome-volume-manager's functionality has been stripped down considerably
and I no longer see it as a requirement for a fully functional GNOME
desktop environment. Most of it's features are now included in
gvfs/gdu/nautilus, i.e. handling of removable storage devices,
cd/dvd,audio and photos (camera).

printers are handled better in cups directly these days, so this setting
is by default disabled in g-v-m.

we have a handler for webcam, where equivalent functionality is missing
in nautilus and the input device section is probably also obsolete
nowadays (at least none of them is enabled by default).

My suggestion is to downgrade g-v-m to suggests, so it is no longer
installed by default.

Cheers,
Michael


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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc8 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  arj                           3.10.22-7  archiver for .arj files
ii  avahi-daemon                  0.6.25-1   Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  epiphany-extensions           2.28.1-2   Extensions for Epiphany web browse
ii  evolution-exchange            2.28.1-1   Exchange plugin for the Evolution 
ii  evolution-plugins             2.28.1-2   standard plugins for Evolution
ii  evolution-webcal              2.28.0-1   webcal: URL handler for GNOME and 
ii  gdm                           2.20.10-1  GNOME Display Manager
ii  gdm-themes                    0.6.2      Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  gedit-plugins                 2.28.0-1   set of plugins for gedit
ii  gnome-app-install             0.5.60.1   GNOME Application Installer
ii  gnome-desktop-environment     1:2.28+3   The GNOME Desktop Environment
ii  gnome-games                   1:2.28.1-1 games for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-themes-extras           2.22.0-3   extra themes for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-volume-manager          2.24.1-4   GNOME daemon to auto-mount and man
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg          0.10.9-2   FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly    0.10.13-2  GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" 
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.28.1-2   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  rhythmbox                     0.12.5-2   music player and organizer for GNO
ii  synaptic                      0.63       Graphical package manager
ii  system-config-printer         1.0.0-6    graphical interface to configure t
ii  tomboy                        1.0.0-2    desktop note taking program using 
ii  totem-mozilla                 2.28.3-1   Totem Mozilla plugin
ii  transmission-gtk              1.76-1     lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  gdebi                    0.5.9debian2    Simple tool to install deb files
ii  gnome-games-extra-data   2.28.0-1        games for the GNOME desktop (extra
pn  gnome-office             <none>          (no description available)
ii  gparted                  0.4.8-1         GNOME partition editor
ii  grdc                     0.6.0-2         remote desktop client for GNOME de
ii  gthumb                   3:2.10.11-3     an image viewer and browser
ii  hal-cups-utils           0.6.16-3        Utilities to detect and configure 
ii  hardinfo                 0.5.1-1         Displays system information
pn  liferea | evolution-rss  <none>          (no description available)
ii  menu-xdg                 0.4             freedesktop.org menu compliant win
ii  network-manager-gnome    0.7.1-1         network management framework (GNOM
ii  update-notifier          0.70.7.debian-7 Daemon which notifies about packag

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  gnome-dbg                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  openoffice.org-evolution      1:3.1.1-8  full-featured office productivity 
ii  openoffice.org-gnome          1:3.1.1-8  full-featured office productivity 

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment depends on:
ii  alacarte                    0.12.4-1     easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  brasero                     2.28.2-1     CD/DVD burning application for GNO
ii  cheese                      2.28.1-1     A tool to take pictures and videos
ii  deskbar-applet              2.28.0-1.1   universal search and navigation ba
ii  desktop-base                5.0.5        common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  dmz-cursor-theme            0.4.1        Style neutral, scalable cursor the
ii  ekiga                       3.2.6-1      H.323 and SIP compatible VoIP clie
ii  empathy                     2.28.1.1-4   High-level library and user-interf
ii  epiphany-browser [gnome-www 2.29.1-2     Intuitive GNOME web browser
ii  evince                      2.28.1-1     Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  evolution                   2.28.1-2     groupware suite with mail client a
ii  evolution-data-server       2.28.1-1     evolution database backend server
ii  fast-user-switch-applet     2.24.0-3     Applet for the GNOME panel providi
ii  file-roller                 2.28.1-1     an archive manager for GNOME
ii  gcalctool                   5.28.1-1     GNOME desktop calculator
ii  gconf-editor                2.28.0-1     An editor for the GConf configurat
ii  gdm                         2.20.10-1    GNOME Display Manager
ii  gksu                        2.0.2-2+b1   graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-about                 2.28.1-3     The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-backgrounds           2.28.0-1     a set of backgrounds packaged with
ii  gnome-bluetooth             2.28.3-2     GNOME Bluetooth tools
ii  gnome-core                  1:2.28+3     The GNOME Desktop Environment -- e
ii  gnome-disk-utility          2.28.1-2     manage and configure disk drives a
ii  gnome-keyring               2.28.1-2     GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii  gnome-media                 2.28.1-1     GNOME media utilities
ii  gnome-mount                 0.8-2        wrapper for (un)mounting and eject
ii  gnome-netstatus-applet      2.28.0-1     Network status applet for GNOME
ii  gnome-nettool               2.28.0-2     network information tool for GNOME
ii  gnome-screensaver           2.28.0-1+b1  GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gnome-system-monitor        2.28.0-1     Process viewer and system resource
ii  gnome-system-tools          2.28.1-1     Cross-platform configuration utili
ii  gnome-themes                2.28.1-1     official themes for the GNOME desk
ii  gnome-user-guide            2.28.1-1     GNOME user's guide
ii  gnome-user-share            2.28.1-3     User level public file sharing via
ii  gnome-utils                 2.28.1-1     GNOME desktop utilities
ii  grdc                        0.6.0-2      remote desktop client for GNOME de
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa          0.10.25-6    GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base  0.10.25-6    GStreamer plugins from the "base" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good  0.10.17-1    GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-tools         0.10.25-3    Tools for use with GStreamer
ii  gtk2-engines                1:2.18.4-1   theme engines for GTK+ 2.x
ii  gucharmap                   1:2.28.1-1   Unicode character picker and font 
hi  gvfs-backends               1.4.1-5+gdu  userspace virtual filesystem - bac
hi  gvfs-bin                    1.4.1-5+gdu  userspace virtual filesystem - bin
ii  hamster-applet              2.28.1-1     time tracking applet for GNOME
ii  icedove-gnome-support [gnom 2.0.0.22-1.1 Support for Gnome in Icedove
ii  iceweasel-gnome-support [gn 3.5.5-1      Support for GNOME in Iceweasel
ii  libgnome2-perl              1.042-2      Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  policykit-1-gnome           0.95-1       GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  seahorse                    2.28.1-1     GNOME front end for GnuPG
ii  seahorse-plugins            2.28.1-2     seahorse plugins and utilities for
ii  sound-juicer                2.28.0-1     GNOME CD Ripper
ii  swfdec-gnome                2.28.0-1     Tools to play SWF files (Macromedi
ii  totem                       2.28.3-1     A simple media player for the GNOM
hi  totem-plugins               2.28.3-1     Plugins for the Totem media player
ii  vinagre                     2.28.1-1     remote desktop client for the GNOM
ii  vino                        2.28.1-2     VNC server for GNOME
ii  zenity                      2.28.0-1     Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  eog                      2.28.1-1        Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  gedit                    2.28.2-1        official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  gnome-applets            2.28.0-2        Various applets for the GNOME pane
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.28.1-1      utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.28.0-1        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus              2.28.0.1-1      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel              2.28.0-2        launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-power-manager      2.28.1-2        power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-session            2.28.0-4        The GNOME Session Manager
ii  gnome-settings-daemon    2.28.1-1        daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  gnome-terminal           2.28.1-1        The GNOME terminal emulator applic
hi  gvfs                     1.4.1-5+gdu     userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  metacity                 1:2.28.0-2      lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  nautilus                 2.28.1-1        file manager and graphical shell f
ii  yelp                     2.28.0+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

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