[PLUG] update gnome removes gnome?

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

I'm trying to figure out why upgrading gnome-core (already installed)
would remove gnome-desktop-environment.  This seems like something I
should care about, but maybe there's a package transition going on
that I missed and so I shouldn't care.

I'm not clear on how to figure out what's going on here.  Although an
answer to my confusion would be great, I'd really like to understand
also how to answer this sort of question in general.

   astra:/home/jeff# apt-get install gnome-core
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree... Done
   The following extra packages will be installed:
     capplets-data evolution evolution-data-server gnome-applets
     gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-keyring-manager
     gnome-media gnome-menus gnome-panel gnome-panel-data
     gnome-system-monitor gnome-themes gtk2-engines-clearlooks gtkhtml3.8
     libcamel1.2-6 libebook1.2-5 libecal1.2-3 libedata-book1.2-2
     libedata-cal1.2-1 libedataserverui1.2-6 libegroupwise1.2-8
     libgnomevfs2-extra libgtkhtml3.8-15 libmetacity0 libnautilus-burn2
     libsoup2.2-8 libtotem-plparser0 libwnck18 metacity-common
     nautilus-cd-burner python-glade2 python-gmenu python2.3-glade2
   Suggested packages:
     gnome-spell evolution-exchange bugbuddy acpid cpufreqd cpudyn
     powernowd gstreamer0.8-alsa ttf-dejavu
   Recommended packages:
     gnome-pilot-conduits evolution-plugins dvd+rw-tools
   The following packages will be REMOVED
     gnome-desktop-environment gnomemeeting libcamel1.2-0 libebook1.2-3
     libedataserverui1.2-4
   The following NEW packages will be installed
     gnome-keyring-manager gtk2-engines-clearlooks gtkhtml3.8
     libcamel1.2-6 libebook1.2-5 libecal1.2-3 libedataserverui1.2-6
     libegroupwise1.2-8 libgnomevfs2-extra libgtkhtml3.8-15
     libnautilus-burn2 libsoup2.2-8 libtotem-plparser0 libwnck18
     metacity-common python-glade2 python-gmenu python2.3-glade2
   The following packages will be upgraded:
     capplets-data evolution evolution-data-server gnome-applets
     gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-media
     gnome-menus gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-system-monitor
     gnome-themes libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-1 libmetacity0
     nautilus-cd-burner
   17 upgraded, 18 newly installed, 5 to remove and 266 not upgraded.
   Need to get 35.6MB of archives.
   After unpacking 15.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
   Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
   Abort.
   astra:/home/jeff#

Note that gnome-core is currently installed:

   jeff@astra:~ $ dpkg -l gnome-core
   Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
   | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
   |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
   ||/ Name           Version        Description
   +++-==============-==============-============================================
   ii  gnome-core     2.10.2.4       The GNOME Desktop Environment -- essential c
   jeff@astra:~ $

(This is Debian testing.)

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://jeff.purple.com/>          +1 215/837-2287
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