Package: task-gnome-desktop Version: 3.63 Severity: normal Tags: d-i Hello maintainers of task-gnome-desktop,
Synaptic used to be recommended by task-gnome-desktop (and other task-*-desktop), until it was removed from Buster (#889897), due to it not functionning correctly under Wayland. Under GNOME, users have been left with gnome-software to install packages, but gnome-software only shows packages shipping AppStream metadata, thus most packages don't show up there, such as mat2, nautilus-wipe, sm and many more. Installing packages not available in gnome-software nowadays requires the use of a terminal, or gnome-packagekit, which is also not installed by default. Gnome-packagekit does the job and has a prettier interface, but its developpment is much slower than synaptic's (regarding commits in the last 2 years). Shipping synaptic by default in Debian Bullseye with GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, Mate and Cinnamon would be a great (re)improvement in user experience, giving users more control without the need of mastering terminal usage. Thank you very much, gagz
