Debian Bug report logs - #883441
gnome: Don't install gimp and inkscape by default

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>

To: submit <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: gnome: Don't install gimp and inkscape by default

Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 22:27:19 -0500

Package: gnome
Version:

In my opinion, gimp and inkscape are specialized graphical design apps
that don't need to be installed by default. I feel that gimp's
interface in particular is difficult to use for casual computer users.
(I'm not criticizing the app's design; I only mean to say that is a
complex powerful app that takes some effort to use effectively.) I
think gimp and inkscape are so well-known that anyone that thinks they
need them can easily install them from the GNOME Software app.

Additionally, gimp and inkscape are the only 2 gtk2 apps in the
default Debian GNOME install. (Firefox is mostly gtk3 but uses gtk2
for Flash support and a couple minor things. Also, there are some
libraries and library-like things installed by default that still
require gtk2.)

Even if they are ported to gtk3, I still think it is better that they
not be installed by default. We don't need to install every useful app
by default.

Ubuntu included gimp by default until 10.04 LTS and never included
inkscape by default (except in a relatively unknown "DVD" variation of
Ubuntu).

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha

Message #10 received at 883441-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>

To: 883441-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug #883441 in meta-gnome3 marked as pending

Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:27:02 +0000

Control: tag -1 pending

Hello,

Bug #883441 in meta-gnome3 reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below, and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/meta-gnome3/commit/864daa2ed5ad556a5c9e3a717ecb8124135fdfcf

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gnome: Drop gimp and inkscape

Closes: #883440
Closes: #883441

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(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/883441

Message #17 received at 883441-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>

To: 883441-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#883441: fixed in meta-gnome3 1:3.22+13

Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 19:20:52 +0000

Source: meta-gnome3
Source-Version: 1:3.22+13

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
meta-gnome3, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 883441@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org> (supplier of updated meta-gnome3 package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:02:16 -0500
Source: meta-gnome3
Binary: gnome-core gnome gnome-games gnome-platform-devel gnome-devel gnome-api-docs
Architecture: source
Version: 1:3.22+13
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>
Description:
 gnome      - Full GNOME Desktop Environment, with extra components
 gnome-api-docs - API reference documentation for the GNOME libraries
 gnome-core - GNOME Desktop Environment -- essential components
 gnome-devel - GNOME Desktop Environment -- development tools
 gnome-games - games for the GNOME desktop
 gnome-platform-devel - GNOME development platform
Closes: 883440 883441
Changes:
 meta-gnome3 (1:3.22+13) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * gnome-api-docs: Drop libgtksourceview-3.0-doc (to match platform-devel)
   * platform-devel: Add meson
   * gnome: Drop gimp and inkscape (Closes: #883440, #883441)
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