On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 09:20:51AM -0300, Francisco M Neto wrote: > On Thu, 2019-04-04 at 12:33 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > If it is not, there is nothing preventing it's return to repositories > > > some time after. It happened with other useful and popular packages > > > before. > > > > Indeed. Reading the bug report demonstrates that ppl are keen for it to > > be re-instated. However, not working properly in Gnome is considered > > (understandably, IMO) a show-stopper. > > What is the problem between Synaptic and Gnome? I've been using both > without a single hiccup for years...
The official reason is "'sudo synaptic' does not work with Wayland session, therefore GNOME users will be confused". Also, comment 50 from #818366. The *unofficial* one is the existence of "gnome-packagekit". The thing needs users, and this is one of the ways of getting them. Reco
