it affects more than just python packages - gnome-panel depends on python-gnome2, and both gnome-core and gnome-session depend on gnome-panel...so a dist-upgrade currently wants to remove some important parts of gnome:
The following packages will be REMOVED: fast-user-switch-applet (2.24.0-4) foomatic-gui (0.7.9.2+nmu2) gnome (2.28+4) gnome-about (2.28.2-1) gnome-applets (2.28.0-3) gnome-core (2.28+4) gnome-desktop-environment (2.28+4) gnome-office (2.28+4) gnome-panel (2.28.0-3) gnome-screensaver (2.28.0-2) gnome-session (2.28.0-4) hamster-applet (2.28.2-1) python-gnome2 (2.28.0-2) rhythmbox (0.12.6-2) screenlets (0.1.2-7) system-config-printer (1.0.0-6) (i wasn't paying attention while upgrading my workstation at work and managed to uninstall gnome-panel, gnome-session, gnome-screensaver etc while i was using it...didn't even notice until i tried to lock the screen to go to lunch. i had to check /var/log/dpkg.log and manually re-install the packages which had been removed. if i hadn't noticed before i logged out, i wouldn't have been able to log back in again). AFAICT, the only way this could have happened is if python-gnome2 was compiled against an unreleased version of python-gtk2 which provides python2.6-gtk2 instead of (or as well as*) python2.5-gtk2 it's possible that this bug should be against python-gtk2 instead of python-gnome2...certainly we need an updated version of python-gtk2. the last release was on Jan 29, three days after this version of python-gnome2 was released. (*) python-gnome2 2.28.0-2 depends on BOTH python2.6-gtk2 and python2.5-gtk2 craig -- craig sanders <c...@taz.net.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
