Bug#595070: Attempting to uninstall evolution-data-server forces removal of gnome-core, gnome-panel, etc.

[Paul Taylor]

Hi Josselin: Thanks again. Looking at bug 592525 I begin to see how dependency creep happens.


--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:

> From: Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Bug#595070: Attempting to uninstall evolution-data-server forces removal of gnome-core, gnome-panel, etc.
> To: "Paul Taylor" <jenningsthecat at yahoo.ca>, 595070 at bugs.debian.org
> Received: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 3:37 AM
> Le mercredi 08 septembre 2010 à
> 13:02 -0700, Paul Taylor a écrit :
> > Hi Josselin: Thanks for your reply. Here is what I get
> when I enter the command you suggested:
> 
> >   gnome-control-center: Depends:
> evolution-data-server but it is not going to be installed
> 
> > Does gnome-control-center actually use
> evolution-data-server? And if so, what changed between my
> last version and the latest?
> 
> Ah right, it’s a recent change. See #592525.
> 
> However gnome-panel doesn’t really need
> gnome-control-center anymore, so
> I’m going to demote the dependency to Recommends.
> 
> Cheers,
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