On 12-07-11 at 07:54pm, Abou Al Montacir wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 20:01 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > "essential parts of what the upstream GNOME project has to offer" - as > > its package description also clearly reflects. > And NM is not essential in my point of view Your view is irrelevant here: GNOME project considers it essential. > > When I want "smallest possible GNOME setup" i install gnome-session > As said before, I'm not looking for a minimal gnome, but for a typical > gnome installation. No, you are looking for an *atypical* installation, want Debian to provide a meta-package that fits your needs. Sorry, but Debian only provides meta-packages for typical needs. And only for *some* typical needs. Debian can be very flexible - just install normal packages. But you want something simpler. Debian can be very simple - just install meta-packages. But you want something more customized. *sigh* > I can argue that a network connection is not part of the core > functionality as gnome could work perfectly without network > connection. You can, and you do, but gnome-core is not about "core functionality". Read the package description for an explanation of what the package is about! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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