Debian NEW package overview for meta-gnome
meta-gnome_49+4_all.changes (click to toggle)
Format:1.8
Date:Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:52:33 -0400
Source:meta-gnome
Binary:gnome-api-docs gnome-devel gnome-games gnome-platform-devel
Architecture:source all
Version:49+4
Distribution:experimental
Urgency:medium
Maintainer:Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By:Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
Description:
gnome-api-docs - API reference documentation for the GNOME libraries
gnome-devel - GNOME Desktop Environment -- development tools
gnome-games - games for the GNOME desktop
gnome-platform-devel - GNOME development platform
Changes:
meta-gnome (49+4) experimental; urgency=medium

  [ Jeremy Bícha ]
  * Rename from meta-gnome3 to meta-gnome
  * Remove epoch from source package but leave it for the binary packages
  * Convert debian/copyright to 1.0 format

  [ Simon McVittie ]
  * gnome-games: Downgrade gnome-2048 and quadrapassel to Suggests
Files:
0839e157b67492880e608e81d31d9d4c 2173 metapackages optional meta-gnome_49+4.dsc
62f1377c2c7c84d86931e17004a5be4a 30068 metapackages optional meta-gnome_49+4.tar.xz
b154dd2985d62e014497e80ad95fca62 7748 doc optional gnome-api-docs_49+4_all.deb
a4370363eb67cc06400be3d13fa7763c 7640 devel optional gnome-devel_49+4_all.deb
de98d009e3995cd9b1c4f12d2883cfba 7748 metapackages optional gnome-games_49+4_all.deb
b042049d3a49a588893a29eeee72d531 7724 devel optional gnome-platform-devel_49+4_all.deb
2b410e63a122be918c7cb35ffdc48e40 6391 metapackages optional meta-gnome_49+4_all.buildinfo
meta-gnome_49+4.dsc (click to toggle)
Format:3.0 (native)
Source:meta-gnome
Binary:gnome-core, gnome, gnome-games, gnome-platform-devel, gnome-devel, gnome-api-docs
Architecture:amd64 arm64 armhf i386 mips64el ppc64el riscv64 s390x loong64 all
Version:49+4
Maintainer:Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Uploaders:Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>, Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>, Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
Standards-Version:4.7.2
Vcs-Browser:https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/meta-gnome
Vcs-Git:https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/meta-gnome.git
Build-Depends:debhelper-compat (=13)
Package-List:gnome deb metapackages optional arch=amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x,loong64 gnome-api-docs deb doc optional arch=all gnome-core deb metapackages optional arch=amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x,loong64 gnome-devel deb devel optional arch=all gnome-games deb metapackages optional arch=all gnome-platform-devel deb devel optional arch=all
Files:
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README.source for meta-gnome_49+4.dsc (click to toggle)
gnome-core
==========
The intent of the GNOME Core metapackage is to closely match what
GNOME themselves determine to be core GNOME. The apps are listed in
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/tree/master/elements/core/meta-gnome-core-shell.bst
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/tree/master/elements/core/meta-gnome-core-apps.bst

However, we do make a few adjustments to better fit our user's needs:
- Firefox ESR is preferred over Epiphany
- Several Sharing extensions are Recommends to allow them to be uninstalled
  + GNOME Remote Desktop
  + GNOME User Share
  + Rygel / Media Sharing
- GNOME Initial Setup is suggested instead of pre-installed
  because it isn't needed in typical installs done by the Debian Installer
- GNOME Color Manager is suggested
  + It provides some minor functionality in Setttings > Color
- GNOME Music is not included in GNOME Core but is currently include in
  the gnome metapackage
  + It is an unusual app for a default music player

gnome
=====
A separate metapackage, gnome, includes several apps to supplement core GNOME.
It is installed with the GNOME task during the install of Debian.

switching default apps
======================
Sometimes it may seem useful for the metapackages to provide alternatives
to allow users who prefer an older or newer variant to install those instead.
For instance: gnome-text-editor | gedit. Debian doesn't provide a direct way
to ensure that users who upgrade to a new Debian release will have the first
alternative dependency installed from the list of alternatives. Therefore,
we generally do not provide alternative dependencies when switching default
apps.

Users are welcome to uninstall the undesired app which would uninstall
the metapackage. The metapackage provides no other functionality than
to provide a standard list of packages that should be installed.
Or users can copy the .desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to
~/.local/share/applications and add this line:
NoDisplay=true
to hide the undesired app from the list of apps in the GNOME Overview.

apt is configured to keep packages installed if they are demoted to Suggests.

GNOME Initial Setup
===================
OEMs may find it useful to pre-install gnome-initial-setup.
gnome-initial-setup has a new user mode where it provides a wizard for
the end user to create their own username and password. This only
shows up if the system does not have a regular user configured
(typical userid >=1000); which is not a typical result for a
system installed with the Debian installer.

OEMs should also ensure that appropriate locales are configured for
their target users. English spellchecking, thesaurus, hyphenation,
and LibreOffice help is pre-installed; OEMs can pre-install similar
packages for other languages. See the binary packages provided by
the tasksel source package for ideas.

Timestamp: 03.09.2025 / 15:02:28 (UTC)