On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 10:33 +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote: > package apt > severity 625801 wishlist > tags 625801 wontfix > thanks > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 05:02, Joshua <joshud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Today this came up: there is no good reason for gnome-desktop to depend on > > evolution. > > Another one in bug list: Bug#563712 > > If that is your impression, you shouldn't install the metapackage. > And equally important, i don't see in which way it helps to report > this "no good reason" bug against APT as it doesn't have this dependency… > > As the bug you refer to already said, it doesn't carry any functionality - > its just a mix of packages the maintainer has chosen (maybe in agreement > with upstream) as a default if the user doesn't exactly know what he or she > should choose. If you know it, then feel free to ignore metapackages. > > APT isn't going to ignore dependencies of a package - it is the whole point > of APT to *not* ignore them. So please fight a war with the maintainer and/or > upstream of the metapackage in question and convenience them that their > choice is bad - good luck with that -, that they should use an or-group or > should downgrade to Recommends or or or, but don't request that APT should > stop doing what it was programmed for… > > > I should have closed the bug, but as it comes up from time to time, > maybe it helps if we leave it open with a big wontfix, as it's not a bug, > but a central feature… We also have #431737: apt: Enable APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections for metapackages, once section is added
which is blocked by (ftp.debian.org's) #574851: Please introduce a 'metapackages' section. This specific instance is wontfix, the solution we have is documented and could be implemented in the archive anytime. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org