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

[Steve]

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:23:22 -0000, Markus Schönhaber  
<ubuntu-users at list-post.mks-mail.de> wrote:

> 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?
>
I assume you have removed something that has taken ubuntu-desktop with it,  
as I have.

Interestinglg under Dapper it said the following:-


This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu desktop system

It is safe to remove this package if some of the desktop system packages  
are not desired. However, it is recommended that you keep it installed,  
because it is used to carry out certain upgrade transitions (such as  
adding new packages to the system).

 from Hardy onwards it’s as above.


-- 
Steve