[Lubuntu-desktop] lubuntu-desktop metapackage - Recommends vs Dependencies

2011-03-05 Thread Richard Foulkes
Hi Guys, I've been following lubuntu for a while now, and i'm thinking of switching to it for my netbook's distro. I'm also interested in using it on low-end systems that i will donate to people. There's one thing bugging me though. On ubuntu-desktop, i can remove firefox, the openjdk (replace

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] lubuntu-desktop metapackage - Recommends vs Dependencies

2011-03-05 Thread Jonathan Marsden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2011 01:19 AM, Richard Foulkes wrote: The thing is, lubuntu-desktop seems to have ALL of it's dependencies listed as 'Dependencies', not 'Recommends'. ... It is 100% safe to allow the lubuntu-desktop package to be removed from your

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] lubuntu-desktop metapackage - Recommends vs Dependencies

2011-03-05 Thread Jonathan Marsden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/05/2011 08:56 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On 03/05/2011 01:19 AM, Richard Foulkes wrote: The system still works, but this 'feels' wrong - i honestly don't know whether the removal of the package would affect a distro upgrade. It should