On 2010-03-17, Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Liam O'Toole skrev: >> On 2010-03-17, Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I'm surprised to hear that gnome-core requires gnash. It's certainly not >>>> the case on Lenny: >>> >>> I it was introduced into squeeze yesterday (source package meta-gnome2 >>> 2.28+6 transitioned to squeeze on 2010-03-16). The reason seems to be >>> that swfdec was removed. The changelog[0] for meta-gnome2 says (among >>> other things): >>> >>> >>> * Drop swfdec-gnome. >>> * Make gnome depend on mozilla-plugin-gnash so that there’s at least >>> something for Flash websites. >>> >> >> The changelog appears to refer to the gnome metapackage rather than >> gnome-core. >> > > The changelog refers to meta-gnome2, which is a source package from > which the three binary packages gnome, gnome-core and > gnome-desktop-environment (and some more packages) are built.
I was speaking specifically about this part: "Make gnome depend on mozilla-plugin-gnash". I interpret that to mean the gnome metapackage rather than the other, lesser, ones. > > Thus, the changelog holds for the source package, and I do not know how > to see what change holds for which binary package. I do not even know if > binary packages can have changelogs separate form their source packages. As far as I can tell, no. > > The changelog quote was intended to answer the question why things are > different in squeeze than in lenny. Thanks for the information. > > Looking at the binary packages, I agree that the packages gnome-core and > gnome-desktop environment do not depend on gnash, whereas gnome does > (via the mozilla plugin). That is consistent with my remarks above. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnhq1pai.4kh.liam.p.oto...@dipsy.selfip.org
