On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 08:37:31AM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Package: desktop-base > > Architecture: all > > -Recommends: epiphany-browser | konqueror | www-browser > > +Depends: librsvg2-common
> That was me in r70 of the debian-desktop SVN; I failed to document the > cleanup of the browser I made. Here's how it went: > - we discussed Recommends versus Depends on librsvg2-common with Joey > Hess since Recommends are not pulled by tasksel, so either you have > to list the package you want pulled in by default in the task, or you > depend on it; Joey Hess correctly suggested we depend on it > (<http://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2007/01/threads.html#00078>) > - I went to do the switch to Depends from Recommends and noticed weird > Recommends on browsers like you see above; these are in since forever > (since the initial import to SVN), and they are weird because > desktop-base is supposedly a data package > - I decided to remove these since I knew we spent some time fixing the > default browser situation in tasksel + meta-gnome2, and this seemed > like a superfluous place to hardcode the browser dependency again and > since the package had no HTML, or use of a browser > - I failed to document the removal of the (IMO bogus) recommends on > browsers above -- but I mentionned the rsvg dep > So, sorry for missing that part; I think this removes potentially > dangerous recommends on browsers which should be pulled in the > desktop's meta packages instead, and not by the desktop-base > meta-package. Ok, makes sense -- unblocked. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
