On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Pander <pan...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Even if you start out with the iso, in daily usage, you have access to > all packages via apt-get. It is not so much the starting collection from > the iso, more as what can get pulled in.
You framed the issue as an Ubuntu GNOME issue. So I suggest trying to come up with a simpler test case than "I installed Ubuntu GNOME plus other stuff and some of the other stuff depends on other stuff I don't think I want.) > Some systems have very scarce resources. That the library is not that > big, is not a reason to get it installed automatically. Sorry, Ubuntu GNOME does not support this theoretical computer that can't install a 1MB library. > Some examples are: Those examples are from apps where there is clear upstream separation between support for different GUIs. I don't think it makes sense to have separate packages for "Pidgin with Unity" and "Pidgin without Unity". How would we make sure that people get the right version for them? > APT::Install-Recommends "false"; Turning recommends off globally is not supported. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-binarydeps If you can come up with a patch that does not cause regressions for Unity users while helping users of other desktops, I and others would be glad to review it. Otherwise, I don't see an issue here with some apps depending on libunity. Thanks, Jeremy -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome