Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:30:11 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>Just one point with the bug report; the bug report refers to only one
>of the two packages involved (ubuntu-mate-core)

I explained it by an earlier reply, on Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:52:10 +0200:
>"unattended-upgrades" is a hard dependency of the quasi empty
>meta-package "ubuntu-mate-core".
>
>"ubuntu-mate-core" is a hard dependency of the quasi empty meta-package
>"ubuntu-mate-desktop".