ubuntu-desktop shouldn't depend on checkbox-gui as it's a transitional package

Bug #1643413 reported by Mathew Hodson
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

ubuntu-desktop shouldn't depend on checkbox-gui. checkbox-gui is a transitional package that can be safely removed once no package depends on it.

You should be able to run 'apt-get purge checkbox-gui' without removing ubuntu-desktop.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.361
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Nov 20 22:34:05 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-01 (1480 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-11-16 (5 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Mathew Hodson (mhodson) wrote :
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: added: bitesize packaging
Revision history for this message
Mathew Hodson (mhodson) wrote :

ubuntu-meta (1.377) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added checkbox-converged to desktop
  * Removed checkbox-gui from desktop

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:04:27 +1300

Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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