Setting up as won't fix (I already think I've answered you on my blog post comments on that particular topic):
We are going to have assumptions on the ubuntu-session that the ubuntu experience == having the dock on the session, hence the dep from the seed (like you can't remove gdm without removing ubuntu-desktop). If you want to customize freely your session, we introduced to that effect the vanilla session, where no extension is mandatory by default, and you can do what you want there. The dock won't be enabled in that session, you can even remove it, which will remove the "ubuntu-dekstop" metapackage and can choose your own theme, extenstions and so on. For this, just install gnome-session. We keep control over our ubuntu-session, but let you choose and cutomize the gnome-session or just use upstream default behavior (which was never possible before 17.10). ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722985 Title: Removing the extension Ubuntu Dock uninstalls ubuntu-desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1722985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs