Re: GNOME dependencies (was ... Re: apt-get doesn't upgrade, but synaptic does)
On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:21:55 +1200 Chris Bannister wrote: > I don't use GNOME, so I'll leave that to you. :) > GNOME is one of the reasons I use a Window Manager. :) Nah, I'll pass. Stopped using GNOME back in 2007, never looked back since then. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140413153209.628b2e811c2a0ae0e124a...@gmail.com
Re: GNOME dependencies (was ... Re: apt-get doesn't upgrade, but synaptic does)
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:50:03AM +0400, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:18:01 +1200 > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:26:10AM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > > > paul@debguis2:~$ aptitude why libreoffice-writer > > > i gnome Depends libreoffice-writer | abiword (>= 2.8) > > > > WTF. Shouldn't that be a recommends? > > > > Seems like a bug to me. > > So, if you have free time to spare you're free to fill an appropriate > bug. I don't use GNOME, so I'll leave that to you. :) GNOME is one of the reasons I use a Window Manager. :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140413112155.GA24891@tal
Re: GNOME dependencies (was ... Re: apt-get doesn't upgrade, but synaptic does)
Hi. On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:18:01 +1200 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:26:10AM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > > paul@debguis2:~$ aptitude why libreoffice-writer > > i gnome Depends libreoffice-writer | abiword (>= 2.8) > > WTF. Shouldn't that be a recommends? > > Seems like a bug to me. Remember, that it's the Debian Gnome Team who thought it would be a great idea that 'gnome' metapackage would depend on Adblock Plus Firefox extension. Took about a year [1] to convince them not to do it. So, if you have free time to spare you're free to fill an appropriate bug. [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689858 Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140413105003.9150a5fd006c6ef603b7d...@gmail.com
GNOME dependencies (was ... Re: apt-get doesn't upgrade, but synaptic does)
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:26:10AM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > paul@debguis2:~$ aptitude why libreoffice-writer > i gnome Depends libreoffice-writer | abiword (>= 2.8) WTF. Shouldn't that be a recommends? Seems like a bug to me. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140413041801.GA15184@tal
