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[Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Updates will be fine, the upgrade process expects (as far a I know) there to
be a desktop metapackage to use as a reference so may be needed when
maverick comes out. Otherwise its absolutely fine.

i personally instal ubuntu-restricted extras then remove it as well as the
stupid flash plugin it gives to then install 64bit flash. If i keep the
package installed it will repull in 32bit flash and all the other garbage I
do not want. I's a touch of control :)

Peace
-Andy


On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> can you confirm that doing so will not, as has been reported as a bug cause
> any issues with updates / upgrading?
>
> Thabks,
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Andrew Woodhead <
> andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As Jaeic says, removing metapackages is harmless, they are hollow and
>> empty and o not remove the packages they install so are fine to remove, this
>> is the same with any metapackage
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I guess this is more a question for Juliene, but one of things that has
>>> been raised a few times on IRC is why lubuntu *insists *on having all
>>> the packages that it does, for example you cannot remove Mplayer to free
>>> room up and put an alternative on, nor xfburn if you wish brasserro. Whilst
>>> the list of default packages is commendable, it does seem somewhat odd that
>>> none of them may be removed without it taking out the whole of lubuntu.
>>>
>>> The argument of 'more difficult to support' does not really stand, people
>>> want to make their computer their own, the whole idea of *buntu is choice,
>>> we can easily say that we cannot support xyz, but forcing people to have
>>> applications on that they do not want seems odd.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
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