Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes: > The argument about the dependency from gnome-core to network-manager > has now reached the TC. FWIW, I use network-manager with xfce4 on my notebook, and with suitable configuration find it an acceptable solution for my needs. As a matter of policy, though, it seems completely unreasonable to me for a desktop environment to impose a hard decision on something like network attachment and configuration where there are multiple workable alternatives in Debian that users might reasonably expect to be able to exercise personal preference on. > So I would propose that we: > > * Clarify our view that the normal rules for deciding dependency > priorities apply to meta packages too; Agreed. > * Require no change to policy; Agreed. > * Overrule the maintainer of gnome-core, requiring that the > dependency on network-manager be changed to Recommends; That would work. I believe our goal should be to require that there not be a hard Depends relationship. I would be equally satisfied if the dependency were just dropped, or if it were possible to craft a suitable "or" list of alternatives that network-manager could be the first choice of the maintainer among. I have not followed the discussion closely enough or independently studied this situation in sufficient detail to know if this is possible, however. > * Advise the release managers that we would prefer this change to be > made in wheezy, provided it is uploaded promptly. Agreed. Bdale
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