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I changed the recommends to depends in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control- center/1:3.22.1-1ubuntu2 which points to https://bugs.debian.org/845021 with more details about why the change was needed. But it looks like the dependency is no longer required for at least basic functionality. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #845021 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845021 ** Summary changed: - Unnecessary dependency change + Don't have gnome-control-center require network-manager-gnome ** Description changed: - The version of gnome-control-center in Ubuntu 18.04 now has a hard - dependency on network-manager-gnome. + Impact + ------ + Some people want to run a GNOME system without network-manager. Although I believe that's not really officially supported by Canonical/Ubuntu, we don't need to make things more difficult than needed for people that want to try that. + + Therefore, we're dropping the Depends to a Recommends which aligns us + better with Debian since the major bug requiring it to be a Depends + seems to be fixed now. + + Test Case + ---------- + Install the updates + Uninstall network-manager-gnome. + Ensure that ubuntu-desktop and gnome-control-center are still installed. + + Regression Potential + -------------------- + The Wi-Fi and Network panels probably will not work if NetworkManager is not installed and running. + + Original Bug Report + ------------------- + The version of gnome-control-center in Ubuntu 18.04 now has a hard dependency on network-manager-gnome. This didn't used to be the case (in Ubuntu 16.04), and isn't the case for the Debian version of basically the same package (gnome-control- center_3.28.1-1_*.deb) - https://packages.debian.org/buster/gnome- control-center As there are many cases where network manager does more harm than good to a Linux PC, not being able to change any Gnome settings if you remove network manager seems a bit unfair. Is there a good reason why this is a hard dependency in the Ubuntu 18.04 version of this package? Required information: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using: Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 2) The version of the package you are using: gnome-control-center_3.28.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770673 Title: Don't have gnome-control-center require network-manager-gnome To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1770673/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
