Bug#484121: tasksel: let's sync on the GNOME task

[Joey Hess]

Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mardi 03 juin 2008 à 22:32 +0200, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> > The current version can be found there:
> > http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/meta-gnome2/debian/control.in?op=file&rev=0&sc=0
> 
> I have just uploaded meta-gnome2 2.22.2~2 to NEW (because of the new
> gnome-accessibility package).
> 
> Following the discussion and this upload, I’m attaching a patch for the
> gnome-desktop task. All packages in the task but one are now Recommends
> or Suggests of gnome.

I checked every package in tasksel's current gnome task to ensure it
was still being pulled in using the new meta-gnome2 and the new task...


# several packages recommend this, make sure it's available in case
# things that depend on it are not available
  gksu

I've left this in.


# May not get installed unless forced, if some other browser satisfies the
# dependency, so force it.
  epiphany-browser

This comment, and bug #370098 still seem to apply. g-d-e depends on:
epiphany-browser (>= 2.22.2) | gnome-www-browser,
iceweasel-gnome-support provides gnome-www-browser, so aptitude since
aptitude is installing iceweasel anyway during the tasksel run, it might
choose to skip epiphany. So I've re-added this to the task.


  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

AFAIK this is used by rhythmbox, and probably totem as well, and I don't
see any obvious dependencies pulling it in. (totem recommends it). So I
think it needs to stay in the task.


I didn't check in detail to see what additional packages you might have
added to the task as dependencies of gnome -- the point of merging is so
you can do that. But I did notice that you have included swfdec-mozilla.
Tasksel has a separate bug open about flash, #467324. I've been leaning
toward swfdec, but still feel that any decision between it and gnash is
fairly arbitrary, and am still not sure that shipping flash that is
known to still fail on my websites will be a net win for users. Also, if
swfdec-mozilla is included, it should be put right in the main desktop
task, so it will be available in iceweasel on kde and xfce too.

Current version of the task (from git) attached.

BTW, could you take a look at #400543?

-- 
see shy jo
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Task: gnome-desktop
Relevance: 8
Section: user
Enhances: desktop
Test-preferred-desktop: gnome
Description: GNOME desktop environment
 This task provides basic "desktop" software using the GNOME desktop
 environment.
Key:
# The complete gnome environment, with selected extras
  gnome
Packages: task-fields
Packages-list:
# add gnome support for iceweasel, which is pulled in via the main desktop task
  iceweasel-gnome-support
# several packages recommend this, make sure it's available in case
# things that depend on it are not available
  gksu
# May not get installed unless forced, if some other browser satisfies the
# dependency, so force it.
  epiphany-browser
# for wma files, etc (recommended by totem)
  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
# The remainder of packages in this list are recommends/suggests of the
# gnome metapackage (or of gnome-office in a few cases).
#
# enable debian menus
  menu-xdg
# partition editing
  gparted
# package management
  update-notifier
# RSS reader
  liferea
# instant messaging
  pidgin
# GNOME support in OOo
  openoffice.org-gnome
  openoffice.org-evolution
# remote logins, both to windows and X
  tsclient
# hardware browser, broader scope than hal
  hardinfo
# network roaming
  network-manager-gnome
# support for scanners
  xsane
# vector drawing
  inkscape
# printer hotplugging
  hal-cups-utils
# digital camera import
  gthumb
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