From 4eef85379a28eca4698acda10c7c1691804d24b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 13:41:01 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add rra's draft of option C; stick 5 and 6 explicitly in options A and B --- 688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt b/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt index 6e42994..d25b6a2 100644 --- a/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt +++ b/688772_gnome_depends_nmg/don_draft.txt @@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ 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. +A +A 6. We request that a release note is created explaining that gnome +A users who do not currently have NM installed consider installing +A it. + B 4. We overrule the decision of the meta-gnome maintainers to add a B dependency from gnome to network-manager-gnome; this dependency @@ -34,11 +42,24 @@ B Specifically, valid bugs where existing valid network B configurations are broken by the automatic, required installation B on system upgrade of packages not previously installed which B perform network configuration on should have severity serious. +B +B 5. We request that the Release Team unblock update(s) to meta-gnome so +B that our decisions may be implemented in wheezy. +B +B 6. We request that a release note is created explaining that gnome +B users who do not currently have NM installed consider installing +B it. -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. - +C 4. After further discussion, we understand that reintroducing +C network-manager on upgrade was part of the intent, due to both +C substantial improvements in network-manager and tighter integration of +C network-manager with the GNOME desktop in wheezy. Since the gnome +C metapackage has historically been more aggressive at pulling in +C additional packages, we believe the move of the dependency from +C gnome-core to gnome is an acceptable compromise that was not raised +C during the previous discussion. Users who want to remove +C network-manager can still use the gnome-core metapackage to get the +C basic GNOME desktop functionality. +C +C We recommend that this upgrade behavior for users of the gnome +C metapackage be documented in the release notes. -- 2.39.5