It's perfectly fine if apport and python3-apport are installed by default. But I don't see how xserver-xorg actually depends on python3-apport. To quote from the Ubuntu Policy Manual:
""" The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of functionality. The Depends field should also be used if the postinst, prerm or postrm scripts require the package to be present in order to run. Note, however, that the postrm cannot rely on any non-essential packages to be present during the purge phase. """ Can you please clarify how this applies? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773087 Title: Remove python3-apport as dependency of xserver-xorg Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Distro: Bionic Binary Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7 Hello! The package xserver-xorg depends on python3-apport. I don't want to use apport on my systems. Can the dependency be removed? Also, it doesn't work anyway. That's how I noticed that the package is installed: root@00debac04ddf:~# foo Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/foo", line 3, in <module> raise Exception Exception Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_foo.0.crash' Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/foo", line 3, in <module> raise Exception Exception Thanks Jörn Heissler To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1773087/+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
