On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 at 15:26:28 +0100, asciiw...@seznam.cz wrote: > The gnome-control-center package still depends on malcontent-gui instead of > just (lib)malcontent. > This is not correct. The malcontent-gui package is not required by > gnome-control-center anymore > and malcontent-gui (malcontent-control) is treated as a regular, > user-uninstallable app[1] since 0.13.0. > Uninstalling such app via GUI software centers if it still is a > gnome-control-center dependency (instead > of just recommended or suggested package) could leave the user's system in a > broken state.
I feel as though there's something here that you're not telling me. Why is this Severity: important? Is there a scenario in which the wrong thing happens as a result of this dependency? Even if this is an excessively strong dependency, we would not normally consider that to be "a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone"[1] without some sort of exacerbating factor. [1] https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities If I'm reading between the lines correctly, are you saying that the problem scenario is something like this? Steps to reproduce: Install GNOME. Attempt to remove malcontent-gui by using GNOME Software? Expected result: either uninstallation is prevented, or malcontent-gui is uninstalled but gnome-control-center remains? Actual result: GNOME Software attempts to remove gnome-control-center? If that's the scenario that you're concerned about, I would be tempted to call that a bug in GNOME Software: ideally it would refuse to remove <compulsory_for_desktop/> packages even if they are only an indirect dependency. But perhaps I am misunderstanding your reasoning? Please fill in the gaps rather than making me guess. The commit that elevated the Recommends to Depends[2] cited these reasons: > Depend instead of Recommend malcontent-gui > > fixes the Apps tab being blank, see LP: #2072772 comment 5[3] > > Also, there's a new law requiring parental controls > to be pre-installed for computers sold in France [2] https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-control-center/-/commit/f652debe77a6af5fd9b96c47e7c6bb9e30823af1 [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2072772, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2072772/comments/5 If that reasoning is no longer valid, I'd like to know what has changed. Thanks, smcv
