XUbuntu reinstalls all default packages on release update

Bug #1314153 reported by Jost
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi!

Everytime I do an (X)Ubuntu upgrade to a new release, all the default packages that I uninstalled have been reinstalled again, and I have to uninstall all of them again.

Versions: Upgrade to XUbuntu 14.04, but happened on upgrades before.

Jost (jost-baron)
description: updated
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Pasi Lallinaho (knome) wrote :

The "xubuntu-desktop" package reinstalling those packages back wouldn't be an issue but an expected result. However, (some of) the packages are pulled back even if you "only" have "xubuntu-default-settings" installed.

affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) → xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Critical
importance: Critical → Low
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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

This seems like a bug in ubuntu-release-upgrader. Why does xubuntu-desktop get reinstalled on upgrade? Is this an intended feature so new features are not missed on upgrade?

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

The release upgrader will reinstall xubuntu-desktop and its dependencies, If certain packages (key dependencies) are still installed on the system.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-release-upgrader/trunk/view/head:/data/DistUpgrade.cfg#L63

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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