This is fixed since Ubuntu MATE 16.10 alpha 2. It can't be back ported.
** Changed in: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
** Changed in: ubuntu-mate
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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** Tags added: xenial
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Title:
firefox listed as hard dependency of package
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** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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Sadly, this is not something we can address in Ubuntu MATE Desktop
because we can't currently mark packages as recommended in the seeds. I
will look at this again, but I don't think it will make 16.04.
** Changed in: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: ubuntu-
I'm hoping to address this in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Beta 1. Currently
conducting some experiments in Alpha 2.
** Also affects: ubuntu-mate
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubuntu-mate
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: ubuntu-mate
Importance: Undecided => Mediu
