Bug#607266: gnome-core should not depend on evolution

[Julian Andres Klode]

On Do, 2010-12-16 at 13:59 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 16 décembre 2010 à 10:33 -0200, R. Lemos a écrit :
> > Since 1:2.30+7 gnome-core depends on evolution-data-server and evolution.
> > Previously this role used to be played by gnome-desktop-environment, which I
> > gladly kept from being installed on my system (since it draws too many useless
> > dependencies).
> > 
> > I think that there's no real reason for such a dependency. May be it should be
> > downgraded to just a "recommendation", or gnome-core should be split in more
> > fine-grained packages.
> 
> The metapackages do not exist to fulfill each and every nitpicking
> user’s need. They are here to cover specific use cases corresponding to
> installation profiles.
> 
> If the package selection doesn’t suit you, you are free to install your
> own selection of packages by hand.

Or create your own meta packages, like I do. In any case, due to
technical limitations with CD building, those dependencies had to be
added, as gnome-desktop-environment was too large too fit on CD1.

In any case, too get rid of gnome-core on your system, you just need to
mark the packages it depends on as manually installed and then remove
it; the following commands should do this:

    aptitude unmarkauto ~R^gnome-core$
    aptitude remove gnome-core



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