[Trisquel-users] Re : trisquel-recommended package

[lcerf]

As onpon4 wrote, meta-packages (such as "trisquel" or  
"trisquel-desktop-recommended") do not install any program by themselves.  
They are just a convenient way to install a bunch of such programs listed as  
the dependencies of the meta-packages.

Removing a meta-package only has an effect if Trisquel's developers change  
its dependencies. It happened between version 6 and version 7 for instance:  
"electrum" was added as a dependency of the meta-package  
"trisquel-recommended". After an update of the distribution, the users who  
kept the meta-package had that bitcoin client automatically installed,  
whereas those who removed the meta-packages had not.