Bug#374172: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#374172: xfce4: Recommends instead of Depends

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

severity #374172 wishlist
thanks

On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 18:42 +0200, Thomas Prokosch wrote:
> In my opinion it is a bit harsh for xfce4 to depend on thunar since
> the
> XFCE desktop runs fine without it.

You can remove xfce4 package, it won't harm your xfce4 installation,
it's only a metapackage (with some NEWS and README inthere), with
default dependency to provide a consistent Xfce environment for new
users. Xfce -is- modular so you can remove any package you want.

> 
> Either xfce4 should depend on all orage, xfce4-terminal, xfmedia and
> thunar, or it should recommend them. Having a mix does not feel right.

Default applications provided with xfce4 metapackage is only a matter of
taste, I guess. I like it like that, and apt frontends install
automatically Recommends:

> 
> If depending on all of them would be the better solution, I would like
> to see a xfce4-light package.

As said, you can remove safely any package without doing any harm to
your installation.

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Yves-Alexis Perez