[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#683278: desktop-base: drop annyoing dependency on dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend



tags 683278 + pending
thanks

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 03:19:35PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Package: desktop-base
> Version: 7.0.1
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Come on guys,... it can't be possible, that with every base package
> in the system one seems to need to install half of gnome.

There's no need to take this tone. Drop the attitude, we're perfectly
nice.

> 
> Recently OpenJDK... now desktop-base.
> 
> This is used not only be true desktop-environments but e.g. also
> by grub for the backgrounds.
> 
> 
> So please find a more conservative solution in what you depend on.

It's being pulled in from debhelper's dh_gconf. It was my mistake, but
it was to help get rid of a warning from not having misc:Depends
present.

It's fixed in SVN.

Hope you're having a nice day,
 Paul

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.2.23-heisenberg (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages desktop-base depends on:
> ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.12.1-2
> ii  dpkg                                         1.16.8
> ii  librsvg2-common                              2.36.1-1
> 
> desktop-base recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages desktop-base suggests:
> pn  gnome | kde-standard | xfce4 | wmaker  <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 

-- 
 .''`.  Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>
: :'  : Proud Debian Developer
`. `'`  4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352  D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87
 `-     http://people.debian.org/~paultag

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: