[Bug 1298109] Re: Upgrading Kubuntu pulls in GNOME components

[Brian Murray]

I've tried recreating this with a default kubuntu install and upgrading
from Saucy to Trusty.  Here is the list of packages what would be
installed during the upgrade.

Install: apparmor apt-transport-https baloo bash-completion 
  ca-certificates-java command-not-found command-not-found-data 
  cups-core-drivers cups-filters-core-drivers default-jre 
  default-jre-headless desktop-file-utils dnsutils ed firefox 
  fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-droid fonts-wqy-microhei friendly-recovery 
  ftp gcc-4.9-base gconf2 gdisk gir1.2-udisks-2.0 gstreamer1.0-alsa 
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-x 
  gvfs gvfs-common gvfs-daemons gvfs-libs icedtea-7-jre-jamvm info 
  iputils-tracepath irqbalance java-common kde-config-whoopsie 
  kde-telepathy-declarative kde-touchpad kubuntu-driver-manager 
  libaccounts-glib0 libaccounts-qt1 libapparmor-perl 
  libarchive-extract-perl libastro1 libatk-wrapper-java 
  libatk-wrapper-java-jni libavcodec54 libavformat54 libavutil52 
  libbaloocore4 libbaloofiles4 libbaloopim4 libbaloowidgets4 
  libbalooxapian4 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common 
  libboost-date-time1.54.0 libboost-program-options1.54.0 
  libboost-system1.54.0 libboost-thread1.54.0 libcauchy0.0 
  libcmis-0.4-4 libcolamd2.8.0 libdb5.3 libdbusmenu-glib4 
  libdbusmenu-gtk4 libdebconfclient0 libdns100 libestr0 libgconf2-4 
  libglew1.10 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin libgnome2-common 
  libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgsm1 
  libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 libharfbuzz0b libhdb9-heimdal 
  libhsqldb1.8.0-java libicu52 libidl-common libidl0 libkdcraw23 
  libkfilemetadata4 libkolabxml1 libkpeople3 
  libktpcommoninternalsprivate7 libkubuntu0 libldb1 libllvm3.4 
  liblog-message-simple-perl libm2mml0.0 libmarblewidget18 
  libmbim-glib0 libmm-glib0 libmodemmanagerqt1 
  libmodule-pluggable-perl libmp3lame0 libmpdec2 libmuonprivate2 
  libnetworkmanagerqt1 libnoteshared4 libnss3-1d libnss3-nssdb 
  libntdb1 libnuma1 libokularcore3abi1 libopus0 liborbit-2-0 
  liborbit2 libperl4-corelibs-perl libperl5.18 libpod-latex-perl 
  libpoppler44 libprocps3 libpython3.4 libpython3.4-minimal 
  libpython3.4-stdlib libqextserialport1 libqmi-glib0 libqmobipocket1 
  libqpdf13 libqtdbus4 libqtlocation1 libquazip0 libraw9 
  libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-base 
  libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-java-common 
  libreoffice-sdbc-firebird libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb 
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsecret-1-0 libsecret-common libsendlater4 
  libservlet3.0-java libshp1 libsignon-qt1 libspice-server1 
  libstartup-notification0 libtasn1-6 libtcl8.6 libterm-ui-perl 
  libtext-soundex-perl libtk8.6 libva1 libwebp5 libwebpmux1 
  libwhoopsie-preferences0 libwhoopsie0 libwlocate0 libx264-142 
  libxatracker2 libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-present0 libxcb-record0 
  libxcb-sync1 libxshmfence1 libxvidcore4 lshw lsof ltrace manpages 
  marble-data marble-plugins memtest86+ mlocate mtr-tiny nano 
  openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless openssh-sftp-server 
  p11-kit-modules phonon-backend-gstreamer1.0 
  phonon-backend-gstreamer1.0-common plasma-runner-telepathy-contact 
  policykit-1-gnome popularity-contest pppconfig pppoeconf 
  printer-driver-foo2zjs-common python-ldb python-ntdb python-pil 
  python-samba python-talloc python-tdb python3-commandnotfound 
  python3-gdbm python3-pycurl python3.4 python3.4-minimal 
  qtcore4-l10n rsync samba-libs strace tcl tcl8.6 tcpdump telnet time 
  tk tk8.6 tzdata-java ubuntu-standard ufw update-manager-core 
  uuid-runtime whoopsie whoopsie-preferences 
  xserver-xorg-video-glamoregl xul-ext-ubufox 

I don't see anything GNOME specific there.

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Title:
  Upgrading Kubuntu pulls in GNOME components

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I've upgraded from Kubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 using do-release-upgrade -d
  And it installed some GNOME components and other packages that are not of Kubuntu and wasn't anywhere near installed before upgrading. Additionally, that GNOME components broke my keyboard layout settings.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.219
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Mar 27 01:31:25 2014
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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