[Bug 1714764] [NEW] Excessive dependency on gnome-session-canberra

[George Shuklin]

Public bug reported:

ubuntu-desktop package depends on gnome-session-canberra package in such
a way that it's impossible to remove gnome-session-canberra without
removing ubuntu-desktop. This is wrong, as aforementioned package
contains only few loud sounds to be played at system start, and is not
an essential part of Ubuntu Desktop.

I think it should be in 'recommends' section, not in 'depends'.

Corresponding discussion on Ask Ubuntu:
https://askubuntu.com/posts/952353/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.398
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Sun Sep  3 13:07:41 2017
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-22 (73 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful third-party-packages

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Title:
  Excessive dependency on gnome-session-canberra

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ubuntu-desktop package depends on gnome-session-canberra package in
  such a way that it's impossible to remove gnome-session-canberra
  without removing ubuntu-desktop. This is wrong, as aforementioned
  package contains only few loud sounds to be played at system start,
  and is not an essential part of Ubuntu Desktop.

  I think it should be in 'recommends' section, not in 'depends'.

  Corresponding discussion on Ask Ubuntu:
  https://askubuntu.com/posts/952353/

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.398
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8
  Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
  Date: Sun Sep  3 13:07:41 2017
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is a distribution channel descriptor
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-22 (73 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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