Holger Wansing <[email protected]> (2026-03-01): > Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:00:41 +0100): > > Holger Wansing <[email protected]> (2026-03-01): > > Regardless of the documentation aspect that you haven't replied to, it > > looks to me like we're not really talking about “Removing hierarchical > > structure for desktop environments”, but we're talking about removing > > task-desktop from the equation entirely, and I think this is a rather > > different discussion. > > Right, I did not comment on the documentation aspect, sorry. > > But IMHO this is not the same as really fixing an issue (if that's > possible): even if something is documented in the installation-guide, > that does not mean that users read (or understand) it.
The initial report was: “A and B were selected, I deselected A, and still B got installed”. You're proposing to remove A altogether, while calling that “removing hierarchical structure”. The latter looks to be about something visual, while the former is about changing which packages to install. *If* we were to do that, there should definitely be some kind of analysis comparing the situation as it is now, and what it would be if A (task-desktop) were to be totally taken out of the equation. I'm not saying the current situation is ideal (see Jeremy's reply regarding the “subtle difference” for example), but it would seem reasonable to me to start by having some kind of before/after analysis. So far I've only read “we don't lose too much functionality”. That *might* be the case, but I would feel much more confident if someone had actually checked and reported that each and every desktop environment actually pulls task-desktop anyway (this was definitely *not* obvious to me before actually looking). Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois ([email protected]) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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