Bug#1064367: gnome-core: demote gnome-software to Recommends
Drew Parsons
dparsons at debian.org
Tue Feb 20 20:56:33 GMT 2024
Package: gnome-core
Version: 1:44+1
Severity: normal
gnome-core is generally useful for maintaining a Gnome desktop
environment. gnome-software is not.
Some people find gnome-software useful, but it is certainly not core
for a Gnome environment when apt is used for package installation.
On the contrary, gnome-software introduces other problems, including
an unwelcome packagekitd dependency. The two together are currently
spamming syslog (Bug#1064364).
All the problems associated with gnome-software could be alleviated
simply by making gnome-core Recommend: gnome-software, instead of
Depends:.
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