Bug#1033274: gnome-session: recommends xdg-desktop-portal-gnome and not depends

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 9:51 AM Pablo Mazzini <pmazzini at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't see other distributions (such as Fedora) having x-d-p-gnome as a dependency of gnome-session.

While it's interesting to see how other distros handle complex
integration issues, I don't think this is a convincing point.

> Shouldn't the user be able to choose to have a minimal setup without the support for it?

xdg-desktop-portal-gnome is implemented as a systemd user service
which means it can be disabled.

Or if you want to use a different portal backend, you can customize it
with an appropriate user conf file starting in xdg-desktop-portal 1.17
which will be in Unstable soon. See
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/08/msg00311.html especially
the Github link.

I believe either of those methods could serve your need of having a
more "minimal" setup without risking the user experience for other
people.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha