Robert Millan <r...@debian.org> (2014-05-31): > I find it very strange that a terminal application needs gnome-shell. There > are > dozens of terminal applications, and so far they seem to manage without > dragging > their own desktop environment of choice with them. > > Which makes me wonder: Does gnome-terminal actually work without gnome-shell? > Is > this setup properly tested and supported by upstream? > > In other words, does upstream release procedure account for the possibility > that one might want to use gnome-terminal without gnome-shell, and do their > QA procedures ensure that the resulting package will be usable? > > I fully expect a "yes" as answer. > > If that's not the case, then I think it'd be much better to change > Architecture > field instead so that it's only built on archs where it's actually supported.
IMVHO -release@ doesn't need to know about what happens to every single package. Feel free to keep that kind of Q & A between maintainers and porters. Mraw, KiBi.
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