request for comments: the meta MATE packages...

[Vangelis Mouhtsis]

Στις 2014-05-06 12:06, Mike Gabriel έγραψε:
> On  Mo 05 Mai 2014 19:26:46 CEST, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> 
>>>    -> Provide non-MATE dependencies like libreoffice, gimp,
>>> <video-player>, etc. ----> see next question!!!
>> 
>> You mean these get installed by installing mate-desktop
>> environment-full?
> 
> That is the idea.
> 
> A web browser is a requirement and so is a mail reader. For those two
> I would add something like this to
> the Recommends: field of mate-desktop-environment-full
> 
>   x-www-browser | iceweasel,
>   mail-reader | icedove,
> 
> For (libre)office there are no such virtual packages, though.
> 
> 
>>>     Web browser -> iceweasel (?)
>>>     Mail reader -> icedove (?)
>>>     Video player -> totem (?)
>>>     Office suite -> libreoffice (?)
>>>     ... etc. ... (gimp, inkscape, ...)
>> 
>> I don't like the idea of pulling in so much third party software
>> when installing a package called "mate-desktop-environment-full".
> 
> Ok. That's why I ask.
> 
I think we should stop depending on gnome's behavor/acting by giving
names.
We can cteate our own ones because of this part of time we create
history in Debian for MATE.
Thus its very important what names should be given.
Currently i dont have in mind special words to help, but you both
are doing creat job with that effort.

Greets
gnugr