Re: Bug#704748: Not a practical issue (could even be considered a feature...:-))
For all the problems OdyX mentioned from testing, I've found a single
cause and filed bug #705435. I've updated this page to demonstrate a
functioning GNOME desktop on GNU/kFreeBSD:
https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_Desktop#Wheezy_GNOME
On 15/04/13 05:53, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> I was balanced about working in tasksel to upload with the simple
> "move to Recommends" fix but a brief discussion on IRC discouraged me.
For something as important as dropping a desktop environment from the
release, I'd like to have seen discussion take place with debian-bsd@
copied in; this came as just a bit of a surprise.
> I think that nobody is prevented to fix the issue but I would ask
> fixing it *and* dealing with things in tasksel's git, not just with an
> NMU.
Of course, someone else could NMU this and I'll help however I can, but...
> And, well, doesn't this issue really fit the definition of
> "important"?
If the severity of this is downgraded, that as an incentive for this to
be missed out of any NMU or refused an unblock.
I felt certain this was an RC bug and/or policy violation. A package, a
task, a whole desktop environment became uninstallable on two release
architectures. We still have a tasksel option for GNOME (fails with apt
error 100 due to this) and CD's are being built with its packages.
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
steven@pyro.eu.org
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