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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le dimanche 18 juillet 2010 à 06:07 +0100, Phillip Whiteside a écrit :
> lxde:  This package is the meta-package for lubuntu; it is just a list
> of what to install. It is a design decision that all packages included
> in lubuntu-desktop depend on it, so as to be able to use
> --no-install-recommends option when the initial installation occurs,
> thus preventing non-essential programs being installed. If you just
> want to pick and choose the which components of lubuntu to use, this
> package can be safely removed.

This description is more for the lubuntu-desktop metapackage, in
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaPackages#Ubuntu System
Metapackages . No need to mention why lubuntu-desktop is build with
depends. This page is for beginners, they don't need to know about
--no-install-recommends. Also the mention that it can be safely removed
is true for all metapackage, no need to add it.

Finally, lxde metapackage should have another description, close to the
xfce one.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne