On 2019-08-09 21:48 +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote:
> It seems to be pulled by "task-gnome-desktop", either by
> dependency, or mere recommendation, I don't know. From the
> quick test I did, it appeared in the list of packages to be
> installed:
>
> $ sudo apt install task-gnome-desktop
>
> This looks like a component of Debian default installation from
> now on; unless I misunderstood the role of task-* packages.
> Hence the sudden rise in popularity.
Thanks. As Greg has already pointed out, it is actually desktop-base
which recommends plymouth-label. In the changelog I found the following
explanation:
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| desktop-base (10.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
| [...]
| [ Jonathan Carter ]
| * Add plymouth-label as recommends (Closes: #927077)
|
| -- Jonathan Carter <j...@debian.org> Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:27:08 +0200
`----
Reading the log of bug #927077 I have my doubts that this was a good
idea, but I'm a layman when it comes to modern desktops.
Cheers,
Sven
