Public bug reported: meta-gnome2 is Debian's set of metapackages to install Gnome 2 but Gnome 2 is not really installable in Ubuntu Oneiric. The Debian Gnome team does have a meta-gnome3 package but it only lives in their svn and hasn't been released yet. meta-gnome2 depends on all sorts of legacy Gnome 2 libraries and some apps that I believe we'd like to get out of the archives at least by the next LTS and so removing this would help remove some of those rdepends. I expect that we'll get meta-gnome3 in the Ubuntu archives for the next LTS also.
gnome Reverse Depends: |desktop-base (suggests, can be satisfied by kde) gnome-accessibility Reverse Depends: gnome-desktop-environment gnome-api-docs Reverse Depends: gnome-core-devel gnome-core Reverse Depends: gnome-desktop-environment gnome-audio (only a Suggests) gnome-accessibility bluetile (only a suggests) gnome-core-devel Reverse Depends: gnome-devel gnome-dbg Reverse Depends: gnome-desktop-environment gnome bug-buddy (not sure why this is here) gnome-desktop-environment Reverse Depends: gnome-core gnome bacula-traymonitor (suggests, can be satisfied by kde) gnome-devel Reverse Depends: gnome-core-devel gnome-office Reverse Depends: gnome ** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828537 Title: Please remove meta-gnome2 from the Oneiric archives To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meta-gnome2/+bug/828537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs