Bug#1014879: Please do not depend on gnome-remote-desktop

Josh Triplett josh at joshtriplett.org
Wed Jul 13 17:22:54 BST 2022


Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:42.3-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: josh at joshtriplett.org

gnome-control-center 1:42.3-1 adds a dependency on gnome-remote-desktop,
a daemon for remote desktop sharing. I'd like to avoid installing that
on my system, for the same reason I avoid installing even an inert sshd:
avoiding mistakes where it could end up running unexpectedly.

I appreciate that gnome *metapackages* aren't designed for people to
pick-and-choose components, and I would understand if a gnome
metapackage had this dependency (though I'd really appreciate it if it
did not have a hard dependency).

But gnome-control-center is not a metapackage; it's a concrete package
containing one of the core required components of a GNOME desktop. I'd
appreciate it if it didn't have a hard dependency on
gnome-remote-desktop.



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