Bug#579167: tasksel: is it really necessary to install gnome-accessibility on each and every system?
Package: tasksel
Version: 2.81
Severity: minor
Tags: squeeze
Hi, one of the first things that I do on each freshly installed Debian desktop
system is deinstalling the gnome-accessibility packages, i.e. dasher, gok and
gnome-orca plus all of their dependencies. The reason is, I am lucky enough to
not depend on any of these software for my daily work. On the other hand I
wonder (and this is really more of a question than a statement) if it is really
necessary to have all these packages installed by default? I mean, is it
possible at all for a person with disabilities to install Debian and use it
from d-i on without the help of another person? And if the answer is "no",
couldn't we expect this helping person to also install all the necessary
accessibility packages, too? Please reconsider if gnome-accessibility does have
to get installed by default. Please don't get me wrong, but I believe the
number of computer users with disabilities who can use their computer ad-hoc
just because gnome-accessibility is installed is rather low. If you find this
bug report inappropriate, please feel free to close it. Cheers, Fabian
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (550, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-4-686 (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 tasksel depends on:
ii aptitude 0.6.1.5-3 terminal-based package manager (te
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.30 Debian configuration management sy
ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-6 Using libc functions for internati
ii tasksel-data 2.81 Official tasks used for installati
tasksel recommends no packages.
tasksel suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
tasksel/first: Graphical desktop environment, Laptop, Standard system utilities
tasksel/tasks:
tasksel/title:
tasksel/desktop: gnome
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