Bug#892364: Appstream data points to libreoffice-common
severity 892364 minor
found 892364 1:5.1.0~beta2-1
thanks
On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 03:17:10PM +0100, Olivier Tilloy wrote:
> Package: libreoffice
> Version: 1:6.0.2-1
No, it's not a "normal" bug imho. And the "Version" obviously is wrong.
-startcenter.desktop is in common since ~ the beginning. (Though we only
ship the Appstream data since 5.1, but that also already matches
stretch.)
> Searching for Libreoffice in a software centre which uses Appstream
> data (most of them, e.g. gnome-software) brings up Libreoffice but
> installs libreoffice-common. This is because it contains
One more reason to use apt. Yes, seriously, people on Windows also know
setup.exe and not only the "App Store"...
> libreoffice-startcenter.desktop which gets extracted into the DEP-11
> data. libreoffice-common doesn't depend on anything useful so the user
> does not end up with a useful libreoffice install. It would be better
*sigh*
> to move this libreoffice-startcenter.desktop file into the libreoffice
> meta package.
I am not sure. Then it wouldn't be a metapackage anymore... And if you
do that how would people installing e.g. libreoffice-writer,
libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-impress etc. get a "LibreOffice" (without
"Writer" etc) entry? They wouldn't.
Regards,
Rene
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