Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread mick crane
On 2021-07-21 12:05, Reco wrote: As always, any attempt on improving Debian is welcome, regardless of the outcome. It's not like Debian needs an improvement IMO, but nevertheless. Personally I liked it when it was files and documentation. The internet distribution of things is obviously

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 07:36:09AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: The goalposts were moved in the text that was omitted up there. "Such a role" refers to the hypothetical generic use of gnome-www-browser to act as a virtual package (replacing x-www-browser) in all contexts, not just the dependency

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 07:36:09AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:05:10PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > One would think that

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:05:10PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such > > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Reco
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE has some special requirement for a > > browser, and Debian

virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE has some special requirement for a browser, and Debian already has such aptly named virtual package - surely it can be considered as a

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-21 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 10:38:00AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:17:26PM +0200, Christian Britz wrote: > > In my case it is meta package gnome-core. It is a pity that it > > doesn't have an alternative dependency on www-browser, this would be > >

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:17:26PM +0200, Christian Britz wrote: In my case it is meta package gnome-core. It is a pity that it doesn't have an alternative dependency on www-browser, this would be satisfied by google-chrome-stable, which I prefer over chromium. www-browser is not required to

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-20 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 21/7/21 03:36, andre...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, I am uninstalling chromium from Debian 10 and the procedure automatically installs firefox and the same happens when uninstalling firefox. How to solve this? Thanks. Boa tarde, estou desinstalado crhomium do Debian 10 e o procedimento

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-20 Thread Christian Britz
On 20.07.21 23:00 Greg Wooledge wrote: unicorn:~$ apt-cache show gnome-core | grep firefox Depends: [...] firefox-esr (>= 78) | firefox (>= 78) | chromium | chromium-browser | epiphany-browser, [...] In other words, it only accepts the browsers specifically stated in that list, and will not

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-20 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 01:38:12PM -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 21-07-2021 06:17, Christian Britz wrote: > > On 20.07.21 19:58 Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> You probably have a desktop environment installed which Depends: on > >> a web browser. So, when you uninstall one, it falls back to a different >

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-20 Thread Weaver
On 21-07-2021 06:17, Christian Britz wrote: > On 20.07.21 19:58 Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 01:15:32PM -0400, andre...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Good afternoon, I am uninstalling chromium from Debian 10 and the >>> procedure automatically installs firefox and the same happens when

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-20 Thread Christian Britz
On 20.07.21 19:58 Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 01:15:32PM -0400, andre...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon, I am uninstalling chromium from Debian 10 and the procedure automatically installs firefox and the same happens when uninstalling firefox. How to solve this? Thanks.

Re: Uninstalling Chromium

2021-07-20 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 01:15:32PM -0400, andre...@gmail.com wrote: > Good afternoon, I am uninstalling chromium from Debian 10 and the > procedure automatically installs firefox and the same happens when > uninstalling firefox. How to solve this? Thanks. You probably have a desktop environment