Package Details: gnome-meta 48-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-meta.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: gnome-meta
Description: Meta package to install GNOME
Upstream URL: https://www.gnome.org/
Licenses: GPL
Submitter: serebit
Maintainer: arctize
Last Packager: arctize
Votes: 5
Popularity: 0.012856
First Submitted: 2023-04-13 02:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-03-25 16:51 (UTC)

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arctize commented on 2023-04-13 15:18 (UTC)

For the next person who wants to file a deletion request, here are my arguments for why I think this package is useful:

If you just install a group once, new packages that get added to it later will not automatically be pulled in. The meta package ensures you always have the full group installed. Additionally, once packages are removed from the group, they automatically become orphans and easy to clean up, whereas if you install the group directly, all packages are marked as explicitly installed.

And the second argument: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/plasma-meta.

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arctize commented on 2023-04-13 15:18 (UTC)

For the next person who wants to file a deletion request, here are my arguments for why I think this package is useful:

If you just install a group once, new packages that get added to it later will not automatically be pulled in. The meta package ensures you always have the full group installed. Additionally, once packages are removed from the group, they automatically become orphans and easy to clean up, whereas if you install the group directly, all packages are marked as explicitly installed.

And the second argument: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/plasma-meta.

arctize commented on 2023-04-13 15:09 (UTC)

Thanks serebit.

serebit commented on 2023-04-13 02:15 (UTC)

Apologies for the deletion. This package has been restored.

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