Bug#1078802: marked as done (gnome-core: Demote gnome-keyring to allow use of other secret service providers)

[Simon McVittie]

Jeremy wrote:
> Instead of
> gnome-core, you could install gnome-session and then install the
> additional apps and services you want. There may be value in
> meta-gnome3 providing an additional opinionated minimal GNOME
> environment since gnome-core is not minimal enough for everyone

My understanding is that gnome-session *is* (intended to be) the minimal
GNOME environment. Of course it will be missing some functionality that
you might reasonably expect a desktop environment to have, like a text
editor, but that's the price you pay for having more control.

    smcv