Comment 7 for bug 937189

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 937189] Re: checkbox-gtk should be replaced with checkbox-qt on the desktop image

Marc Tardif [2012-02-22 17:16 -0000]:
> - Users installing from the desktop image will have checkbox-qt;

This implies that upgraders will get it, too, as the updated
ubuntu-desktop package will have to depend on it.

> - Users upgrading from Oneiric will have the latest checkbox-gtk.

I. e. upgraders will have -gtk and -qt.

> So, we will keep maintaining checkbox-gtk in addition to checkbox-qt
> during the Precise cycle and we won't need a transitional package.

Does the -qt package do anything the -gtk one doesn't? If you keep
support for it anyway, why can't we just stay with -gtk for GNOME? It
looks much more native to the system anyway.

Martin

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