Bug#719417: Can confirm - this bug is still in wheezy and jessie

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

Control: severity -1 wishlist

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 08:26:00PM +0100, Fabian Zimmermann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> can confirm this bug is still in "wheezy" and "jessie".

Of course you can reproduce it, but it's not a bug. It's a
feature.

> 
> to reproduce:
> 
> * install minimal debian
> * apt-get install task-lxde-desktop
> * aptitude show network-manager-gnome
> * aptitude why network-manager-gnome
> 
> --
> root@localhost:~# aptitude show network-manager-gnome
> Paket: network-manager-gnome
> Zustand: Installiert
> Automatisch installiert: nein
> 
> root@localhost:~# aptitude why network-manager-gnome
> i   task-lxde-desktop Hängt ab von lxde
> i A lxde              Empfiehlt    network-manager-gnome
> --
> 
> This is really bad, because removing "task-lxde-desktop" wouldn't remove
> the whole network-manager-subsystem.
> 

Right, and previously people complained because removing the task removed
their complete desktop. We cannot have both and decided to switch to the
safe site and mark dependencies of metapackages as manually installed.

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Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

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