From 01f870eedd02d67600c8707568aa8bfd3e1efde1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:11:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add don_draft of gnome depends nmg --- 688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt diff --git a/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt b/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62336da --- /dev/null +++ b/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +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 + +A 4. We overrule the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to add a +A dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome; this dependency +A should be removed for the release of wheezy. +A +A 5. We request that the Release Team unblock update(s) to meta-gnome so +A that our decisions may be implemented in wheezy. + +B 4. We overrule the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to add a +B dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome; this dependency +B should be replaced with a dependecy on network-manager-gnome (>= +B 0.9.4) | wicd. +B +B 5. Bugs in network-manager-gnome which break the functionality of +B existing /etc/network/interfaces rules are to be considered RC. +B +B 6. We request that the Release Team unblock update(s) to meta-gnome so +B that our decisions may be implemented in wheezy. -- 2.39.5