According to the specifications, the binary should be included in the same package as the .desktop and the AppStream metadata.
Therefore, unless there is a good reason otherwise, it would be better for the vlc-bin package to be dropped and its contents moved to the vlc package. (There are rare exceptions to this policy.) Would someone be willing to file a bug against the vlc package in Debian for this issue? References ---------- https://wiki.debian.org/AppStream/Guidelines https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/sect-Quickstart-Distros.html https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian/Bugs ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1552792 gnome software leaves dependencies installed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746728 Title: Uninstalling VLC using Ubuntu Software does not uninstall the actual application Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: If you try to uninstall VLC using Ubuntu Software (GNOME Software), only the desktop/icon files are removed, not the actual binaries in /usr/bin. This is because VLC has them in a separate vlc-bin package and GNOME Software does not support uninstalling dependencies. Please, try to workaround this somehow. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1746728/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
