Actually, this article is kinda wrong on two fronts. First, the assumption is made that removing a package shouldn't remove all of the packages that depend on that package. If you remove ALSA, sorry, but everything that depends on ALSA should also be removed. That's not a bug, that's the package manager trying to make sure that it's keeping your system in good working condition.
Second, the assumption is made that just because kubuntu-desktop is being removed that every package included in that meta-package is also being removed. This assumption is false, as if you remove kubuntu- desktop as a side-effect of removing another package (e.g. kdm) only kdm and the meta-package kubuntu-desktop will be removed. Everything else stays put. This is nowhere near the issue that it is being made out to be in this forums post. Also, if the user doesn't understand what they're removing, they shouldn't be removing it. Our alert to the user should probably say something to this affect so that it would remind users of sane system management practices. Adept is not the "Add/Remove Programs" functionality that you see in Windows, adept is a package manager that can manage *all* of the packages on your system. If a user wants add/remove programs functionality, they should be in Add/Remove Programs (e.g. adept_installer) and not in the Adept Manager. Using adept_manager is a system management task that needs to be taken seriously like any other system management task (e.g. configuring a firewall, backing up data, configuring user access and system services). It might be a good idea for us to stress that users only use adept_manager for things where they're managing their system, not when they're just trying to check out and/or remove software. -- Adept allows removal of essential packages without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104182 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
