Debian may include Mono in default install

[ Thanks to Sam Varghese for this link. ]

" Asked about the logic behind the move, McIntyre said: "In this case (as in so many in Debian), it's up to the people working in the area in question. And (unfortunately also common) there's been much more argument and flaming than is sensible.

"The GNOME team are free to pick their own selection of applications that they think make the best GNOME desktop that will fit on a single CD, in much the same way the KDE make their own choices (like staying with 3.5.x for Lenny). Josselin Mouette has updated the dependencies of the gnome2 meta-package, converting Recommends: tomboy into Depends: tomboy | gnote."

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