Bug#771509: gnome shouldn't recommend xul-ext-adblock-plus

Andreas Schneider schneider.andi at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 10:59:27 UTC 2014


Package: gnome
Version: 1:3.14+1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

the introduction of "recommends xul-ext-adblock-plus" is uncalled for.
This has already been discussed in quite some length in #689858 (merged with
#715555 and #721516) where a number of reasons for that have been given. Some
of them were due to this beeing a "depends" back then, but all other reasons
are still valid. The most important one to me continues to be that a desktop
environment and this browser extension have absolutely nothing to do with each
other. Except that for both a browser is definitely helpful. So if anything
then iceweasel should maybe suggest its extensions. But also note that gnome is
the only reverse dependency of adblock-plus, which imho speaks for itself.
Users who think they want an adblocker should conciously decide to install it
and not having it sneaked into their install by a recommends.

<rant>
Somewhat off-topic and more on the more philosophical front: "the internet" is
largely paid for by ads and if you don't like how ads are used by some websites
then you are free to not visit them. This "recommends" causes most users of
gnome (the ones who do not cherry-pick their recommends) to not pay for some of
the traffic, and thereby the cost, that they are causing. This even led some
site owners launching campaigns agains adblockers. Like this one (in German) :
http://www.spiegel.de/dienste/spiegel-online-schalten-sie-den-adblocker-bitte-
ab-a-888158.html . Ok, this not been specific to gnome. :)
</rant>

Thank you,

Andreas



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  alacarte                     3.11.91-2
ii  avahi-daemon                 0.6.31-4+b1
ii  cheese                       3.14.1-2
ii  cups-pk-helper               0.2.5-2+b1
ii  desktop-base                 7.0.3
ii  evolution                    3.12.7-1
ii  evolution-plugins            3.12.7-1
ii  file-roller                  3.14.1-1
ii  gedit                        3.14.0-2
ii  gedit-plugins                3.14.0-2
ii  gimp                         2.8.14-1+b1
ii  gitg                         0.2.7-3
ii  gnome-color-manager          3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-core                   1:3.14+1
ii  gnome-documents              3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-games                  1:3.14+1
ii  gnome-logs                   3.14.2-1
ii  gnome-maps                   3.14.1.2-1
ii  gnome-music                  3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-nettool                3.8.1-1
ii  gnome-orca                   3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-photos                 3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-shell-extensions       3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-sound-recorder         3.14.0.1-1
ii  gnome-tweak-tool             3.14.0-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-libav           1.4.4-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly    1.4.4-2
ii  hamster-applet               2.91.3+git20120514.b9fec3e1-1
ii  inkscape                     0.48.5-3
ii  libgtk2-perl                 2:1.2492-3
ii  libreoffice-calc             1:4.3.3-1
ii  libreoffice-gnome            1:4.3.3-1
ii  libreoffice-impress          1:4.3.3-1
ii  libreoffice-writer           1:4.3.3-1
ii  nautilus-sendto              3.8.2-1
ii  network-manager-gnome        0.9.10.0-2
ii  polari                       3.14.1-1
ii  rhythmbox                    3.1-1
ii  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder  3.1-1
ii  rhythmbox-plugins            3.1-1
ii  rygel                        0.24.1-1
ii  rygel-playbin                0.24.1-1
ii  seahorse                     3.14.0-1
ii  shotwell                     0.20.1-1
ii  simple-scan                  3.15.1-1
ii  sound-juicer                 3.14.0-1+b1
ii  telepathy-gabble             0.18.3-1+b1
ii  telepathy-rakia              0.8.0-3
ii  telepathy-salut              0.8.1-4
ii  tomboy                       1.14.1-3
ii  totem                        3.14.0-2
ii  totem-plugins                3.14.0-2
ii  tracker-gui                  1.2.4-1
ii  transmission-gtk             2.84-0.1+b1
ii  vinagre                      3.14.1-1
ii  xdg-user-dirs-gtk            0.10-1

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
pn  browser-plugin-gnash  <none>
ii  gdebi                 0.9.5.5+nmu1
ii  gnome-software        3.14.2-1
ii  telepathy-idle        0.2.0-2

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  dia-gnome              <none>
pn  gnome-boxes            <none>
pn  gnucash                <none>
pn  iceweasel-l10n-all     <none>
ii  libreoffice-evolution  1:4.3.3-1
pn  planner                <none>
pn  xul-ext-adblock-plus   <none>
pn  xul-ext-gnome-keyring  <none>

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  adwaita-icon-theme                              3.14.0-2
ii  at-spi2-core                                    2.14.0-1
ii  baobab                                          3.14.1-1
ii  brasero                                         3.11.4-1
ii  caribou                                         0.4.15-1
ii  caribou-antler                                  0.4.15-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                         0.22.0-1
ii  dconf-tools                                     0.22.0-1
ii  empathy                                         3.12.7-1
ii  eog                                             3.14.1-1
ii  evince                                          3.14.1-1
ii  evolution-data-server                           3.12.7.1-2
ii  fonts-cantarell                                 0.0.16-1
ii  gdm3                                            3.14.1-3
ii  gkbd-capplet                                    3.6.0-1
ii  glib-networking                                 2.42.0-2
ii  gnome-backgrounds                               3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-bluetooth                                 3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-calculator                                3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-contacts                                  3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-control-center                            1:3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-dictionary                                3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-disk-utility                              3.12.1-1+b1
ii  gnome-font-viewer                               3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-keyring                                   3.14.0-1+b1
ii  gnome-menus                                     3.13.3-2
ii  gnome-online-accounts                           3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-online-miners                             3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-packagekit                                3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-screenshot                                3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-session                                   3.14.0-2
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                           3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-shell                                     3.14.1-2
ii  gnome-sushi                                     3.12.0-2+b1
ii  gnome-system-log                                3.9.90-2
ii  gnome-system-monitor                            3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-terminal                                  3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-themes-standard                           3.14.0-1
ii  gnome-user-guide                                3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-user-share                                3.14.0-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                       3.14.1-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base                       1.4.4-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good                       1.4.4-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio                         1.4.4-2
ii  gtk2-engines                                    1:2.20.2-3
ii  gucharmap                                       1:3.14.1-1
ii  gvfs-backends                                   1.22.1-1
ii  gvfs-bin                                        1.22.1-1
ii  gvfs-fuse                                       1.22.1-1
ii  iceweasel                                       31.2.0esr-3
ii  libatk-adaptor                                  2.14.0-2
ii  libcanberra-pulse                               0.30-2.1
ii  libcaribou-gtk-module                           0.4.15-1
ii  libcaribou-gtk3-module                          0.4.15-1
ii  libgtk-3-common                                 3.14.5-1
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring                            3.14.0-1+b1
ii  lxsession [policykit-1-gnome]                   0.5.1-1
ii  metacity                                        1:3.14.3-1
ii  mousetweaks                                     3.12.0-1
ii  nautilus                                        3.14.1-2
ii  notification-daemon                             0.7.6-2
ii  plasma-widgets-workspace [notification-daemon]  4:4.11.13-2
ii  policykit-1-gnome                               0.105-2
ii  pulseaudio                                      5.0-13
ii  sound-theme-freedesktop                         0.8-1
ii  tracker-gui                                     1.2.4-1
ii  vino                                            3.14.0-2+b1
ii  xfce4-notifyd [notification-daemon]             0.2.4-3
ii  yelp                                            3.14.1-1
ii  zenity                                          3.14.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-core recommends:
ii  anacron                2.3-22
ii  network-manager-gnome  0.9.10.0-2

gnome-core suggests no packages.

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