The more people keep tacking on additional package names to this bug, the less likely it is that it will ever be fixed because it's a pain to trawl through for information.
Please file a *new* bug for each package whose status you feel should be changed. (I just dropped tsclient and gnome-pilot-conduits to Recommends.) ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop + *** Please do not add new package names to this bug when you think + ubuntu-desktop shouldn't depend on them. File a new bug instead. This + has been a public service announcement. *** Hello! This is an "exploratory" bug report. It is based on Gutsy, which I'm using right now, but probably applies to the older versions too. I've just noticed ubuntu-desktop depends on the xsane and espeak packages. These two are packages I have never, ever used, and I suspect this is true for the vast majority of users. I understand out-of-the-box compatibility with scanners and screen- readers are desirable qualities for Ubuntu, but isn't there another way? Perhaps putting them as "Recommends" dependencies would work; espeak could be part of an "ubuntu-accessibility" package, installed by default, and xsane could maybe be automatically-installed when a scanner is detected. The problem is that unnecessary packages not only occupy space, but can cause problems too (I've recently have trouble with the GIMP, which I use only on digital-camera pictures, not starting up, and xsane is the suspect; yes, I know it's a development release, and I can handle it, but still). And removing them is a problem, too, because (useful) additions to ubuntu-desktop will not be noticed. -- [Gutsy] unnecessary packages in ubuntu-desktop dependencies? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/122039 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
