[Bug 1003642] Re: Extra desktop environments should not install extra applications

[Dave Lentz]

Those are the metapackages for an entire distro and they are supposed to depend on all of the apps needed for that version of Ubuntu. What you seem to be wanting is lxde-core, xfce4, and kde-plasma-desktop. Those are the metapackages that depend on the minimum amount of apps needed to run the DE.
BTW, there is an option in Synaptic to treat recommended packages as optional.

If you disagree,, set the bug back to New and get more opinions. Thanks.

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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