Bug#279990: should suggest kpersonalizer, at most

[Adeodato Simó <asp16@alu.ua.es>]

tag 279990 wontfix
stop

* martin f krafft [Sat, 06 Nov 2004 15:44:07 +0100]:
> Package: kdebase
> Version: 4:3.2.2-1
> Severity: wishlist

> kpersonalizer is by no means an integral component. Therefore,
> kdebase should at most suggest it. Please remove the dependency
> accordingly.

  currently KDE packaging practice is: the binary package with the same
  name of the source package is a dummy package which depends on *all*
  the binary packages generated by that source package. that is,
  installing those packages will pull *everything*.

  only exceptions, at the moment, are kdenetwork not depending on ktalkd
  and lisa (for security reasons, IIRC) and kdebase not depending on kdm
  or xfonts-konsole (as per policy). note that we are very reluctant to
  add exceptions, and only do so when strictly necessary; otherwise,
  after we remove kpersonalizer we'll have some other user asking for
  ktip or ksysguard, which aren't "integral components" either.

  currently, the recommendation to users which are unhappy with the
  situation is to remove the offending packages algong with the
  corresponding dummy package. for you, that would be:

    # apt-get remove kpersonalizer kdebase

  sorry for the inconvenience,

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