Importance of ubuntu-desktop (was: Re: avoiding cups updates)

[Markus Schönhaber]

04.12.2009 11:28, Steve:

> ubuntu0desktop isn’t required and can safely be removed

I was about to shout "NO!". And looking at the output of
aptitude show ubuntu-desktop
seems to back this up:
[...]
| Description: The Ubuntu desktop system
|  This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu desktop system
|
|  It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended
that it not be removed.

OTOH, it also shows:
| Package: ubuntu-desktop
| State: not installed

I see this on a clean install of a 9.10 Ubuntu Desktop. What gives?

-- 
Regards
  mks