From: Don Armstrong Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:03:52 +0000 (-0800) Subject: add decision for 688772 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3217f538ac7fa217fa5dbb42d6bed9602c3f5cab;p=debian-ctte.git add decision for 688772 --- diff --git a/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/decision b/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/decision new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9feacd --- /dev/null +++ b/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/decision @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +===== TITLE + +Dependency of meta-gnome on network-manager + +===== WEB SUMMARY + +The committee overrules the dependency of meta-gnome on +network-manager while concerns raised in §4 of the decision in +#681834 remain unaddressed. + +===== EMAIL INTRO + +The technical committee was asked in #688772 to revisit the dependency +of gnome metapackages on network-manager. The decision is below: + +===== EMAIL EPILOGUE + +The committee would like to thank Michael Biebl for discussing the +concerns of the technical committee and working to address those +concerns through technical changes to NM. + +===== DECISION + +1. The TC notes the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to + implement the TC decision in #681834 by: + (a) softening the dependency in the gnome-core metapackage + from Depends to Recommends, as required + (b) adding a new dependency in the gnome metapackage, + as a Depends. (In squeeze, this is where the dependency + was, but it was a Recommends.) + +2. Our intent, as stated in the rationale section of our previous + decision (#681834, paras 3 and 5), is that squeeze users who have + gnome installed but not network-manager do not find that + network-manager becomes installed when they upgrade to wheezy. + +3. A Recommends from gnome to network-manager-gnome would serve no + purpose in wheezy as gnome Depends on gnome-core which already + Recommends network-manager-gnome. + +Therefore + +4. We overrule the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to add a + dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome; this dependency + should be removed. If in the opinion of the NM maintainer (and + before the release of wheezy the Chair of the Technical Committee + or an individual delegated by the Chair in consultation with the + Release Team) the concerns raised in §4 of the CTTE decision + #681834 have been addressed through technical means (e.g. by + preventing the starting of NM as discussed in #688772), the + meta-gnome maintainers may freely adjust the dependencies as + usual. + + Specifically, valid bugs where existing valid network + configurations are broken by the automatic, required installation + on system upgrade of packages not previously installed which + perform network configuration on should have severity serious. + +5. We request that the Release Team unblock update(s) to meta-gnome so + that our decisions may be implemented in wheezy. + +6. We request that a release note is created explaining that gnome + users who do not currently have NM installed consider installing + it.