Meta packages should not depend on any app that appears in the application menu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Only recommend all apps that appear in the menu, so that they can be removed and replaced by the user without the need to remove the ubuntu-desktop package at all.
The following bug report is a good use case:
Binary package hint: gnome-app-install
The Add/Remove menu feature is a great one. Very simple to use, very non-geek friendly. Unfortunately there exists a problem of remove items.
The example I give is this:
Trying AisleRiot Solitare I find that I don't like it, but BlackJack is great. I decide I want to remove AisleRiot Solitare but I am presented with a dialog stating the application cannot remove "gnome-games", and that I must move to the advanced software manager to remove gnome-games.
But I don't want to remove gnome-games, I want to remove AisleRiot Solitare
Switching to the advanced software manager (synaptic); from a non-technical users view I would find this interface confusing and overwhelming. All I want to do is remove AisleRiot Solitare.
Given that gnome-app-install is labeled "Add/Remove" would it not better serve users to be able to remove any applications listed, just as simply as it is to add them?
If other packages depend on things that the app you want to remove depends on, then gnome-app-install should know this and leave the dependencies alone so far as is required for the other applications to continue to work unimpeded.
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-app-install: | |
assignee: | glatzor → nobody |
Changed in gnome-games (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
no longer affects: | gnome-games (Ubuntu) |
Yeah this makes sense. Thanks for the spotting this since this is obviously a bug.