Bug#544824: gnome: downgrade totem-plugin from Depends: to Recommends:

Drew Parsons dparsons at debian.org
Thu Sep 3 07:34:32 UTC 2009


Package: gnome
Version: 1:2.26+0
Severity: normal

The gnome package is useful for installing a generally full and
complete desktop environment.

It goes too far, however, by Depends: totem-mozilla.  gnome should be
enabling useful programs to be installed, it should not be interfering
with the way I want to use my browser.

With totem-mozilla coerced in, videos on the web are forced to be
displayed inside the web browser.  This is dreadful!  I have a
perfectly good movie viewer for watching videos (several in fact, with
vlc as well as totem), I don't need my web browser to pretend it knows
best how I want to handle videos.  Yes, totem-mozilla has a
right-click option to open the movie viewer (it's miles ahead of
mozilla-plugin-vlc in this regard), but that's not really the
point is it?

I don't want these stupid web browser video plugins, but I do
otherwise want the other programs that gnome offers.

This grave infringement of web-using freedom would be smartly
alleviated by simply changing gnome Depends: totem-plugin to
gnome Recommends: totem-plugin.

Thank you,
Drew 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  arj                         3.10.22-6    archiver for .arj files
ii  avahi-daemon                0.6.25-1     Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  epiphany-extensions         2.26.1-1     Extensions for Epiphany web browse
ii  evolution-exchange          2.26.3-1     Exchange plugin for the Evolution 
ii  evolution-plugins           2.26.3-2+b1  standard plugins for Evolution
ii  evolution-webcal            2.26.0-1     webcal: URL handler for GNOME and 
ii  gdm-themes                  0.6.2        Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  gedit-plugins               2.26.2-1     set of plugins for gedit
ii  gnome-app-install           0.5.60.1     GNOME Application Installer
ii  gnome-bluetooth             2.27.5-1     GNOME Bluetooth tools
ii  gnome-desktop-environment   1:2.26+0     The GNOME Desktop Environment
ii  gnome-games                 1:2.26.3-1   games for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-themes-extras         2.22.0-3     extra themes for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-volume-manager        2.24.1-3     GNOME daemon to auto-mount and man
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg        0.10.8-2     FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly  0.10.12-1+b2 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" 
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring        2.26.1-1     PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  network-manager-gnome       0.7.1-1      network management framework (GNOM
ii  rhythmbox                   0.12.4-1     music player and organizer for GNO
ii  swfdec-mozilla              0.8.2-1      Mozilla plugin for SWF files (Macr
ii  synaptic                    0.62.9       Graphical package manager
ii  system-config-printer       1.0.0-6      graphical interface to configure t
ii  tomboy                      0.14.3-1     desktop note taking program using 
ii  totem-mozilla               2.26.3-1     Totem Mozilla plugin
ii  transmission-gtk            1.73-5       lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  epiphany-extensions-m 2.26.1             Collection of third-party extensio
ii  gdebi                 0.3.11debian1+nmu1 Simple tool to install deb files
ii  gnome-games-extra-dat 2.26.0-1           games for the GNOME desktop (extra
ii  gnome-office          1:2.26+0           The GNOME Office suite
ii  gparted               0.4.6-2            GNOME partition editor
ii  gthumb                3:2.10.11-2        an image viewer and browser
ii  hal-cups-utils        0.6.16-3           Utilities to detect and configure 
ii  hardinfo              0.5c-1             Displays system information
ii  liferea               1.6.0-1+b1         feed aggregator for GNOME
ii  menu-xdg              0.4                freedesktop.org menu compliant win
ii  tsclient              0.150-3            front-end for viewing of remote de
pn  update-notifier       <none>             (no description available)

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

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment depends on:
ii  alacarte                   0.12.1-1      easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  brasero                    2.26.2-1      CD/DVD burning application for GNO
ii  cheese                     2.26.2-1      A tool to take pictures and videos
ii  deskbar-applet             2.26.2-1      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                      3.2.5-1       H.323 and SIP compatible VoIP clie
ii  empathy                    2.26.2-1      High-level library and user-interf
ii  epiphany-browser           2.26.3-2      Intuitive web browser - dummy pack
ii  epiphany-gecko [gnome-www- 2.26.3-2      Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck
ii  evince                     2.26.2-2      Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  evolution                  2.26.3-2+b1   groupware suite with mail client a
ii  evolution-data-server      2.26.3-1+b1   evolution database backend server
ii  fast-user-switch-applet    2.24.0-3      Applet for the GNOME panel providi
ii  file-roller                2.26.3-1      an archive manager for GNOME
ii  gcalctool                  5.26.2-1      GNOME desktop calculator
ii  gconf-editor               2.26.0-1      An editor for the GConf configurat
ii  gdm                        2.20.9-1.1+b1 GNOME Display Manager
ii  gksu                       2.0.2-2+b1    graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-about                2.26.1-1      The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-backgrounds          2.24.1-1      a set of backgrounds packaged with
ii  gnome-core                 1:2.26+0      The GNOME Desktop Environment -- e
ii  gnome-keyring              2.26.1-1      GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii  gnome-media                2.26.0-1      GNOME media utilities
ii  gnome-mount                0.8-2         wrapper for (un)mounting and eject
ii  gnome-netstatus-applet     2.26.0-2      Network status applet for GNOME
ii  gnome-nettool              2.26.2-3      network information tool for GNOME
ii  gnome-power-manager        2.24.4-3      power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-screensaver          2.26.1-2      GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gnome-system-monitor       2.26.2-1      Process viewer and system resource
ii  gnome-system-tools         2.22.2-1      Cross-platform configuration utili
ii  gnome-themes               2.26.2-1      official themes for the GNOME desk
ii  gnome-user-guide           2.26.2-1      GNOME user's guide
ii  gnome-user-share           2.26.0-2      User level public file sharing via
ii  gnome-utils                2.26.0-1      GNOME desktop utilities
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa         0.10.24-1     GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.24-1     GStreamer plugins from the "base" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.16-1     GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-tools        0.10.24-1     Tools for use with GStreamer
ii  gtk2-engines               1:2.18.2-1    theme engines for GTK+ 2.x
ii  gucharmap                  1:2.26.2-1    Unicode character picker and font 
ii  gvfs-backends              1.2.3-3       userspace virtual filesystem - bac
ii  gvfs-bin                   1.2.3-3       userspace virtual filesystem - bin
ii  hamster-applet             2.26.3-1      time tracking applet for GNOME
ii  iceweasel-gnome-support [g 3.0.12-1      Support for GNOME in Iceweasel
ii  libgnome2-perl             1.042-2       Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  seahorse                   2.26.2-1      GNOME front end for GnuPG
ii  seahorse-plugins           2.26.2-1      seahorse plugins and utilities for
ii  sound-juicer               2.26.1-1      GNOME CD Ripper
ii  swfdec-gnome               2.26.0-1      Tools to play SWF files (Macromedi
ii  totem-gstreamer            2.26.3-1+b1   A simple media player for the GNOM
ii  totem-plugins              2.26.3-1+b1   Plugins for the Totem media player
ii  vinagre                    2.26.2-1      VNC client for the GNOME Desktop
ii  vino                       2.26.2-1      VNC server for GNOME
ii  zenity                     2.26.0-2      Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  eog                           2.26.2-1   Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  gedit                         2.26.1-1   official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  gnome-applets                 2.26.3-2   Various applets for the GNOME pane
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.26.0-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.26.0-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus                   2.26.1-2   an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel                   2.26.3-1   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-session                 2.26.2-1   The GNOME Session Manager
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         2.26.1-2   daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  gnome-terminal                2.26.2-2   The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  gvfs                          1.2.3-3    userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  metacity                      1:2.26.0-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  nautilus                      2.26.3-1   file manager and graphical shell f
ii  yelp                          2.26.0-3   Help browser for GNOME

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