Bug#436961: gnome shouldn't depend on tomboy

Loïc Minier lool at dooz.org
Fri Aug 10 08:52:37 UTC 2007


On Thu, Aug 09, 2007, Simon Mackinlay wrote:
> As per ${subject} - from a /brief/ look, tomboy is the only package in 
> this installation that depends on mono runtime; given the choice I'd 
> think it more suitable to put packages liable to create dependancies on 
> mono/ CIL libraries into a separate metapackage, gnome-mono or similar.

 I kind of disagree: Tomboy is one of the most popular apps and the
 gnome meta-package is supposed to pull most well-known apps;  but this
 will be downgraded to a Recommends in October I guess, so that people
 will be able to remove tomboy and keep the gnome meta-package.

-- 
Loïc Minier





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