On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 09:48:41PM +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote: > It [plymouth] seems to be pulled by "task-gnome-desktop", either by > dependency, or mere recommendation, I don't know. From the > quick test I did, it appeared in the list of packages to be > installed: > > $ sudo apt install task-gnome-desktop > > This looks like a component of Debian default installation from > now on; unless I misunderstood the role of task-* packages. > Hence the sudden rise in popularity.
wooledg:~$ apt-cache show task-gnome-desktop | egrep '(Depends|Recommends|Suggets):' Depends: tasksel (= 3.53), task-desktop, gnome-core Recommends: gnome, libreoffice-gnome, libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-impress, libreoffice-help-en-us, mythes-en-us, hunspell-en-us, hyphen-en-us, network-manager-gnome wooledg:~$ apt-cache show task-desktop | egrep '(Depends|Recommends|Suggets):' Depends: tasksel (= 3.53), xorg, xserver-xorg-video-all, xserver-xorg-input-all, desktop-base Recommends: task-gnome-desktop | task-xfce-desktop | task-kde-desktop | task-lxde-desktop | task-cinnamon-desktop | task-mate-desktop | task-lxqt-desktop, xdg-utils, avahi-daemon, libnss-mdns, anacron, eject, iw, alsa-utils, libu2f-udev, sudo, firefox | firefox-esr wooledg:~$ apt-cache show desktop-base | egrep '(Depends|Recommends|Suggets):' Depends: librsvg2-common, fonts-quicksand Recommends: plymouth-label wooledg:~$ apt-cache show plymouth-label | egrep '(Depends|Recommends|Suggets):'Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.4-1.1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libplymouth4 (>= 0.9.3) ... so, probably not *just* GNOME, then.
