Hi, gagz <gagz+report...@immerda.ch> wrote (Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:54:33 +0100): > Package: task-gnome-desktop > Version: 3.63 > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > Hello maintainers of task-gnome-desktop, > > Synaptic used to be recommended by task-gnome-desktop (and other > task-*-desktop), until it was removed from Buster (#889897), due to it > not functionning correctly under Wayland. > > Under GNOME, users have been left with gnome-software to install > packages, but gnome-software only shows packages shipping AppStream > metadata, thus most packages don't show up there, such as mat2, > nautilus-wipe, sm and many more. > Installing packages not available in gnome-software nowadays requires > the use of a terminal, or gnome-packagekit, which is also not installed > by default. > > Gnome-packagekit does the job and has a prettier interface, but its > developpment is much slower than synaptic's (regarding commits in the > last 2 years). > > Shipping synaptic by default in Debian Bullseye with GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, > Mate and Cinnamon would be a great (re)improvement in user experience, > giving users more control without the need of mastering terminal usage.
Adding debian-gtk-gnome to the loop: What do Gnome people prefer? Synaptic or gnome-packagekit? Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
