I saw this upload to bionic today and a similar one for a different package yesterday and had some questions about it.
Why is it necessary to modify individual packages so that GNOME Software won't uninstall them? Is update-manager being a dependency of ubuntu-desktop not enough to prevent it from being uninstalled? If it is necessary to modify every package which a metapackage depends on how is this work being tracked? What checks are in place to ensure that no packages are missed and that new additions get appropriately changed? ----- Forwarded message from Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> ----- update-manager (1:18.04.11) bionic; urgency=medium * Add Appstream metadata with compulsory_for_desktop fields to prevent the accidental uninstallation of ubuntu-desktop in GNOME Software. ubuntu-desktop depends on update-manager. * Build-Depend on dh-python * Update translation template Thanks, -- Brian Murray -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel