On 2019-04-04, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > People accustomed to using synaptic might want to begin considering > alternative tools, because synaptic has been removed from buster. > > More info: > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1037065/synaptic-removed-from-testing/ > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/synaptic > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=818366#55 > https://release.debian.org/buster/freeze_policy.html > https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/b7ylny/synaptic_no_longer_in_buster_should_i_start/ > >
Owlett's gonna be pissed. Synaptic doesn't play nice with the Wayland protocol, Gnome desktop with Wayland is the new default desktop/login mode in Buster, so Synaptic's out? Lots of veteran newbies will be seriously discombobulated if they don't have their Synaptic, I'd guess. https://wiki.debian.org/Wayland
