Re: Gnome 2.10 going in to etch today

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Date: 09/13/05

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    On 9/12/05, H. S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Neither can I. gnomeo-desktop-environment depends upon sound-juicer >
    > 2.10.1. And such a sound-juicer doesn't exist in Debian Testing at present.

    And this begs the question, why does gnome-desktop-environment
    *depend* on something like sound-juicer? Shouldn't that be a
    "recommends"? What if I prefer to use a different CD ripping app?
    Why should I *have* to install sound-juicer?

    And this same question applies to a lot of other packages. Often if I
    try to upgrade a bunch of stuff, I can't do it, because one little
    package (one that I don't even use) that something big like GNOME or
    KDE depends on, isn't available in the version that KDE or GNOME
    depend on, so apt wants to remove *all* of GNOME or KDE. But I don't
    even use that little package! And I'm not talking about libs, I'm
    talking about apps.

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