1 1. The TC notes the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to
2 implement the TC decision in #681834 by:
3 (a) softening the dependency in the gnome-core metapackage
4 from Depends to Recommends, as required
5 (b) adding a new dependency in the gnome metapackage,
6 as a Depends. (In squeeze, this is where the dependency
7 was, but it was a Recommends.)
9 2. Our intent, as stated in the rationale section of our previous
10 decision (#681834, paras 3 and 5), is that squeeze users who have
11 gnome installed but not network-manager do not find that
12 network-manager becomes installed when they upgrade to wheezy.
14 3. A Recommends from gnome to network-manager-gnome would serve no
15 purpose in wheezy as gnome Depends on gnome-core which already
16 Recommends network-manager-gnome.
20 A 4. We overrule the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to add a
21 A dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome; this dependency
22 A should be removed for the release of wheezy.
24 A 5. We request that the Release Team unblock update(s) to meta-gnome so
25 A that our decisions may be implemented in wheezy.
27 A 6. We request that a release note is created explaining that gnome
28 A users who do not currently have NM installed consider installing
32 B 4. We overrule the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to add a
33 B dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome; this dependency
34 B should be removed. If in the opinion of the NM maintainer (and
35 B before the release of wheezy the Chair of the Technical Committee
36 B or an individual delegated by the Chair in consultation with the
37 B Release Team) the concerns raised in ยง4 of the CTTE decision
38 B #681834 have been addressed through technical means (e.g. by
39 B preventing the starting of NM as discussed in #688772), the
40 B meta-gnome maintainers may freely adjust the dependencies as
43 B Specifically, valid bugs where existing valid network
44 B configurations are broken by the automatic, required installation
45 B on system upgrade of packages not previously installed which
46 B perform network configuration on should have severity serious.
48 B 5. We request that the Release Team unblock update(s) to meta-gnome so
49 B that our decisions may be implemented in wheezy.
51 B 6. We request that a release note is created explaining that gnome
52 B users who do not currently have NM installed consider installing
55 C 4. After further discussion, we understand that reintroducing
56 C network-manager on upgrade was part of the intent, due to both
57 C substantial improvements in network-manager and tighter integration of
58 C network-manager with the GNOME desktop in wheezy. Since the gnome
59 C metapackage has historically been more aggressive at pulling in
60 C additional packages, we believe the move of the dependency from
61 C gnome-core to gnome is an acceptable compromise that was not raised
62 C during the previous discussion. Users who want to remove
63 C network-manager can still use the gnome-core metapackage to get the
64 C basic GNOME desktop functionality.
66 C We recommend that this upgrade behavior for users of the gnome
67 C metapackage be documented in the release notes.