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and subject line Re: Bug#1110700: evolution: removing evolution removes gnome
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regarding evolution: removing evolution removes gnome
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Package: evolution
Version: 3.46.4-2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
When removing evolution from Debian 12 with Gnome Desktop it removes
the Gnome Desktop:
$sudo apt remove evolution
Log:
Start-Date: 2025-08-08 17:17:21
Commandline: apt remove evolution
Requested-By: joe (1000)
Remove: gnome:amd64 (1:43+1), evolution-plugins:amd64 (3.46.4-2),
evolution-plugin-pstimport:amd64 (3.46.4-2), evolution-plugin-bogofilter:amd64
(3.46.4-2), evolution:amd64 (3.46.4-2)
End-Date: 2025-08-08 17:19:02
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.11
APT prefers oldstable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500,
'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-37-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii dbus [default-dbus-system-bus] 1.14.10-1~deb12u1
pn evolution-common <none>
ii evolution-data-server 3.46.4-2
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u10
ii libcamel-1.2-64 3.46.4-2
ii libecal-2.0-2 3.46.4-2
ii libedataserver-1.2-27 3.46.4-2
pn libevolution <none>
ii libglib2.0-0 2.74.6-2+deb12u6
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.38-2~deb12u3
ii libical3 3.0.16-1+b1
ii libnotify4 0.8.1-1
ii libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 2.48.3-1~deb12u1
ii libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2
ii psmisc 23.6-1
Versions of packages evolution recommends:
pn evolution-plugin-bogofilter | evolution-plugin-spamassassin <none>
pn evolution-plugin-pstimport <none>
pn evolution-plugins <none>
ii yelp 42.2-1+deb12u1
Versions of packages evolution suggests:
pn evolution-ews <none>
pn evolution-plugins-experimental <none>
ii gnupg 2.2.40-1.1
ii network-manager 1.42.4-1+deb12u1
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--- Begin Message ---
On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 at 07:28:47 +1000, Joe Knowbody wrote:
Sorry, my bad, I wasn't aware that gnome was a metapackage and thought
it was the desktop environment. Please disregard the "bug".
Closing as requested.
Yes, the "gnome" package is just a metapackage that depends on
everything necessary for a complete GNOME desktop. The minimal GNOME
desktop is represented by the gnome-session package - although most
GNOME users will want at least gnome-core, which is an intermediate step
between gnome-session and gnome.
evolution is considered to be part of a complete GNOME desktop, so
removing it requires also removing the "I have a complete GNOME desktop"
metapackage. This is working as intended.
smcv
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