package apt severity 625801 wishlist tags 625801 wontfix thanks On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 05:02, Joshua <[email protected]> wrote: > Today this came up: there is no good reason for gnome-desktop to depend on > evolution. > Another one in bug list: Bug#563712
If that is your impression, you shouldn't install the metapackage. And equally important, i don't see in which way it helps to report this "no good reason" bug against APT as it doesn't have this dependency… As the bug you refer to already said, it doesn't carry any functionality - its just a mix of packages the maintainer has chosen (maybe in agreement with upstream) as a default if the user doesn't exactly know what he or she should choose. If you know it, then feel free to ignore metapackages. APT isn't going to ignore dependencies of a package - it is the whole point of APT to *not* ignore them. So please fight a war with the maintainer and/or upstream of the metapackage in question and convenience them that their choice is bad - good luck with that -, that they should use an or-group or should downgrade to Recommends or or or, but don't request that APT should stop doing what it was programmed for… I should have closed the bug, but as it comes up from time to time, maybe it helps if we leave it open with a big wontfix, as it's not a bug, but a central feature… Best regards David Kalnischkies P.S.: Even if we would want to, we technical doesn't even have a way to detect a metapackage currently - only guesses by looking at Section… -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
