meta packages for ubuntu-desktop

[demon666_nl]

dawynn Wrote: 
> Yes!!!!  YES!!!!  YES!!!!!!
> 
> I could not understand why ubuntu-desktop would install four dozen
> python libraries / packages that I did not need to run my desktop.  If
> the various packages in ubuntu-desktop were broken down into 3 or 4
> meta-packages, I could choose which of the sub-packages I wanted, or
> didn't want. 
> 
> Also, if ubuntu does ever bring KDE into main, this would help make the
> move easier.  There could be ubuntu-gnome-desktop and ubuntu-kde-desktop
> sub-meta-packages.  ubuntu-dektop itself could depend on having either
> the gnome or kde desktop, but would not need to have both installed. 
> (BTW, an obvious extension would be to also allow for
> ubuntu-icewm-desktop, etc.)
> 
> Thanks for making the suggestion!
nice idea
something like this would make life easier.


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