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Remember when gnome developers claimed that the gnome calculator absolutely needed the network-manager to manage the network? https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/b

• jdiff 3y ago
  That's not what's happening in this report. This is answering the question of whether an all-encompassing metapackage should prefer to match upstream or integrate more with Debian's philosophy. "Upstream only tests with NM and only supports NM for some features" vs "if it's not a hard runtime dependency, it's a Recommends or Suggests, not a Depends." It's packaging trivia. Decade-old-plus packaging trivia for a single distro. You can install gnome-calculator without any of the rest of the GNOME shell so this is a horrifically disingenuous comment you've got here.
  • bombolo 3y ago
    Ah I didn't know I was supposed to link every single relevant email from the mailing list.
    • jdiff 3y ago
      No, just actually represent the situation accurately in what's supposed to be a good-faith discussion. Maybe provide any evidence of the claim you're making. It'd be appreciated.