Bug#688772: gnome Depends network-manager-gnome

[Don Armstrong]

On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Recommends are not enough to ensure that packages are installed,
> especially upon upgrades. For example regarding NM, we definitely
> *want* people who upgrade from squeeze to get NM installed.

What is still missing is the technical rationale for this desire. If
there were specific technical reason(s) why everyone who uses gnome
should have NM installed, then it would weigh more for forcing NM to
be installed if the gnome meta package was installed.

From what I know so far, the primary rationale appears to be that
gnome upstream considers NM part of gnome, and so it should be
installed. I believe the CTTE addressed this rationale in §2 of the
decision. We decided that unacceptable upgrade behavior outweighed
this, as outlined in §5 and §6.


Don Armstrong

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