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["Daniel Richard G." <skunk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

#$%&@+*!

I double-checked the dependencies, and found a problem.

These three packages, part of desktop-amd64 et al., have Depends:
requiring cups:

    foomatic-db
    foomatic-db-engine
    openprinting-ppds

These would have to be moved into Recommends: as well, or else there's
no practical effect.

Is that doable, Marc? These appear to be printer drivers, not really
useful without the cups server anyway, so I don't think it should be a
problem.

-- 
Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop

When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated weight) installed on the desktops, and instead configure cups-client (via /etc/cups/client.conf) to talk directly to the central server.

Why? Ease of administration. The CUPS server is a fairly complex piece of software in its own right, and having one instance of it in a centrally-managed location is complicated enough without having basically the same piece of software running on every desktop. (This was made especially clear to me when I investigated how one sets the default print queue. There are potentially THREE places where this can be done: (1) on the client, in /etc/cups/lpoptions; (2) on the local CUPS server, via "lpadmin -d"; (3) on the central CUPS server. #1 and #3 are reasonable; #2 is just a headache waiting to happen.)

Please downgrade "cups" to a recommendation of the -desktop package, so that the latter can be installed (and retained) sans CUPS server.