Bug#1077738: Remove gnome-backgrounds from dependencies

User :3 wrtie_me_please at proton.me
Thu Aug 1 15:25:46 BST 2024


Okay, but how about moving the desktop wallpaper to the recommended packages? By the way, even gnome-control-center is a recommended package, not a dependency
And it's also worth finding out if Gnome can work if there are no wallpaper files?

On Thursday, August 1st, 2024 at [I removed time], Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha at canonical.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 6:45 AM User :3 wrtie_me_please at proton.me wrote:
> 
> > Package: gnome-shell
> > Version: 43.9-0+deb12u2
> > I doubt that a desktop wallpaper is such an important component to run
> 
> 
> Some people install gnome-shell as a way to have a very minimal GNOME
> desktop. It is necessary for gnome-shell to have a dependency on a
> desktop background. That could be either gnome-backgrounds for the
> official GNOME set of desktop backgrounds or desktop-base for the
> official Debian background.
> 
> If the dependency is anything other than the official GNOME
> background, gnome-shell would also need to include a gsettings schema
> override to set the desktop background. (That's not a problem.)
> 
> Thank you,
> Jeremy Bícha



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