See this is the problem with Ubuntu, and one of the reasons why I and
many others run Arch and other distros. Regardless of the semantics
involved in the description we really need to stop treating people like
idiots and shoving software down their throat.
I have Google Chrome installed, which provides www-browser, but since
it's not part of Canonical the Ubuntu Software Center doesn't recognize
that fact. Ergo when I someone tries to remove Firefox using that method
it will remove Mediatomb as well. On top of which it removes ALL of
Mediatomb, not just the virtual package.
The bottom line is that a web browser is a common enough thing that
people don't need to be forced to install one. In essence the only thing
a virtual package should require are packages that are all components of
the same application, not some arbitrary external application that may
or may not have designated itself as a web browser.
Mediatomb does NOT "depend" on Firefox, or www-browser for that matter,
following that logic you might as well also require linux-generic, x
-window-system, gnome-desktop | kde-plasma-desktop | xfdesktop4 |
desktop-base, etc...
In short, this dependency should not be there, simply because this
package includes a desktop shortcut to a web page, a recommendation
should be MORE than sufficient. In what universe will a situation arise
where someone knows what a web page is and want's to load it but doesn't
have a browser installed or know where to get one?
** Changed in: mediatomb (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Opinion
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