Public bug reported: The Mozilla Firefox Web browser is still listed as a "hard dependency" of ubuntu-mate-core (i.e. trying to remove it also removes the metapackage). Although the metapackage is safely removable, having apps hard depend on it is generally bad practice.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: ubuntu-mate-core 1.137 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Oct 27 10:58:16 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422.1) SourcePackage: ubuntu-mate-meta UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-27 (0 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510589 Title: firefox listed as hard dependency of package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-mate-meta/+bug/1510589/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs