On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 03:51:17PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > As you may be aware, the TC recently overruled the maintainers of the > gnome-core metapackage, deciding that the dependency from gnome-core > to network-manager should be weakened from Depends to Recommends. > (The full TC decision is reproduced below.)
Which he followed. Let's look there. 7. The Technical Committee overrules the decision of the gnome-core metapackage maintainers. The dependency from gnome-core to network-manager-gnome should be downgraded to Recommends *gnome-core* > In response to this the maintainers have uploaded a new version of > meta-gnome in which the gnome-core package Recommends > network-manager-gnome, as required. However, additionally, they have As you want. > reintroduced a dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome, as > Depends. See the changes info, also below. > > The Release Team should be aware that our request to unblock the > update to meta-gnome implementing the TC decision does not extend to > this latter change to meta-gnome. I believe that exceeds your powers. Your decision was implemented correct. Ans n-m - as people might like or not like, I am one who deson't (as a n-m user) - is part of GNOME depending on it for the *full* *gnome* IMHO is ok. > I am going to try to get the TC to pass another resolution > specifically overruling this further decision by the gnome-core > maintainers. I agree with Josselin here completely. Stop the crusade. Regards, Rebe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120925155315.ga4...@rene-engelhard.de