Bug#267436: marked as done (gnome-desktop-environment: problem with dependences)

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From: Damien <divdams@free.fr>
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Subject: gnome-desktop-environment: problem with dependences
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Package: gnome-desktop-environment
Version: 57
Severity: normal

gnome-desktop-environment depends on mozilla-xft that depends on
mozilla-browser. So it forces the installation of mozilla browser
in addition of Epiphany/Galeon (and people like I using firefox
end up having 3 browsers installed).

a few solutions...:

* you could add mozilla (if mozilla is enough
"gnome compatible", same for Firefox) in the 'OR' list of browsers
dependences. So if people choose mozilla as browser then wont at
least have Galeon/Epiphany as a second one.

* suppress mozilla-xft dependence in gnome-desktop-environment

* forward this bug to mozilla-xft maintainer so that it does not
depends on mozilla-browser (only).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment depends on:
ii  epiphany-browser              1.2.7-2    Intuitive GNOME web browser
ii  esound                        0.2.34-1   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Support
ii  fam                           2.7.0-5    File Alteration Monitor
ii  file-roller                   2.6.2-2    an archive manager for GNOME
ii  gcalctool                     4.3.51-4   A GTK+ 2.0 desktop calculator
ii  gconf-editor                  2.6.2-1    An editor for the GConf configurat
ii  gnome-about                   2.6.1-2    The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-core                    57         The GNOME Desktop Environment -- e
ii  gnome-games                   1:2.6.2-2  games for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-gv                      1:2.6.2-3  GNOME PostScript viewer
ii  gnome-media                   2.6.2-0.3  Gnome 2 Media Utilities
ii  gnome-system-monitor          2.6.0-5    Process viewer and system resource
ii  gnome-themes                  2.6.3-1    official themes for the GNOME 2 de
ii  gnome-utils                   2.6.2-1    GNOME desktop utilities
ii  gnome2-user-guide             2.6.0.1-1  GNOME 2 User's Guide
ii  gnomemeeting                  1.0.2-5    The GnomeMeeting Voice Over IP Sui
ii  gpdf                          2.7.90-1   Portable Document Format (PDF) vie
ii  gucharmap                     1:1.4.0-1  Unicode character picker and font 
ii  mozilla-browser [mozilla-xft] 2:1.7.2-4  The Mozilla Internet application s
ii  nautilus-cd-burner            2.6.1-4    CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
ii  nautilus-media                0.8.0-3    Multimedia goodies for Nautilus
ii  zenity                        2.6.3-3    Display graphical dialog boxes fro

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From: Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org>
To: Damien <divdams@free.fr>, 267436-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#267436: gnome-desktop-environment: problem with dependences
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On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 05:56:08PM +0200, Damien wrote:
> gnome-desktop-environment depends on mozilla-xft that depends on
> mozilla-browser. So it forces the installation of mozilla browser
> in addition of Epiphany/Galeon (and people like I using firefox
> end up having 3 browsers installed).

No, this is wrong. Even without mozilla-xft in the depends,
gnome-desktop-environment pulls mozilla-browser anyway, as Epiphany
depends on it.

> * you could add mozilla (if mozilla is enough
> "gnome compatible", same for Firefox) in the 'OR' list of browsers
> dependences. So if people choose mozilla as browser then wont at
> least have Galeon/Epiphany as a second one.

No, Mozilla is no good replacement for epiphany.

> * suppress mozilla-xft dependence in gnome-desktop-environment

Won't help at all, mozilla will be pulled anyway.

> * forward this bug to mozilla-xft maintainer so that it does not
> depends on mozilla-browser (only).

Doesn't make sense. mozilla-xft provided xft support for mozilla, and
indirectly, to epiphany and galeon. A few revisions ago, mozilla-xft
ceased to exist and the support is included in the main mozilla package
now. The dependency remains for compatibility with the version in Sarge,
but will be removed soon, hopefully before the release.

The summary is that until mozilla doesn't allow to package Gecko
separately, epiphany users will need to install both ephy and mozilla.
It sucks, but that's how it works right now.

Jordi
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