> Why is it necessary to modify individual packages so that GNOME
> Software won't uninstall them?
>
> Is update-manager being a dependency of ubuntu-desktop not enough to
> prevent it from being uninstalled?
Thank you for asking.
GNOME Software does not notify the user about dependencies that will
be uninstalled. Packages and dependencies are details that are not
exposed at all to users of GNOME Software.
> If it is necessary to modify every package which a metapackage depends
> on how is this work being tracked?
Nothing is tracking this. I am making sure that the AppStream metadata
is in place and set correctly for ubuntu-desktop only. The apps that
are depends of ubuntu-desktop are gnome-control-center, nautilus,
software-properties-gtk, update-manager, and yelp. Recommends are not
a problem as they can be removed without removing the metapackage.
(I have also removed the compulsory-for-GNOME tag from epiphany and totem.)
This has been an issue since Ubuntu 16.04 LTS but it wasn't a big
enough priority to anyone to fix until now.
I wasn't planning on backporting this to 16.04 but it could be done by someone.
Jeremy Bicha
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