On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 5:06 AM Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote: > If synaptic isn't working at all in the default desktop with the default > way of logging in, is it a service to our users if we ship synaptic at > all with buster? I'm not convinced of that, so I left the bug at RC > level. Or am I missing something from your explanation?
synaptic isn't installed by default in new Debian GNOME Buster installs. I don't think it's necessary to remove software that doesn't work in GNOME on Wayland. (For example, vino only works with GNOME on Xorg but it's a very useful feature there. GNOME on Wayland has gnome-remote-desktop but it's a bit immature still.) synaptic is a very popular Debian-specific app among certain users. As a workaround, I think it would be helpful if synaptic could report a more helpful error message so that people can understand that they can't use Synaptic in a Wayland session. Please check your clone commands. I don't think they worked here. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha
