"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" (johannbg@gmail.com) said:
On 11/29/2011 04:50 PM, Bill Nottingham wrote:
rpm -e --nodeps
(when in doubt, try the obvious thing.)
Perhaps your solution to solve all your problems is with "rpm -e --nodeps $foo" then eat what breaks for breakfast but rpm -e --nodeps is not something I can recommend to novice end users not even as a workaround around for this nor is this something would ever propose to them.
The query was '[your] gnome-shell', not any random novice user. There are a variety of solutions that are appropriate for a short term local fix that aren't relevant for wider distribution. (There was one in the referenced bug as well.)
In any case, if your reaction to a single unintentional bug in one upstream component is to wax profoundly about upstream project directions and the future of the desktop... step back from the computer and take a few deep breaths. As much fun as rousing the rabble might be.
(Well, two unrelated bugs, but still...)
Bill