{k,x,ed,u}buntu-desktop depends on packages which should be in ubuntu-standard

-standard is also installed on CLI and server installations. Most packages from above are not suitable for that, but IMHO a couple are:

bc
dc
lftp
screen
slocate
unzip
zip

perhaps it would make sense to have an ubuntu-standard-desktop then?

We don't need to create more metapackages just because some packages are shared; the original seeds where the developers actually manage this list has a shared file across flavours of Ubuntu (platform.intrepid/desktop-common), but I don't see any value in exposing this to users.

I agree that we really do not need more metapackages, but surely some of those packages should be in -standard (such as hal and cupsys), or is there a reason that CLI systems wouldn't need those?

I would agree with Terence, that some packages should be moved from ubuntu-desktop to ubuntu-standard:
acpi, acpi-support, acpid, anacron, apmd, bc, cups, cups-bsd, cups-client, cups-driver-gutenprint, dc, foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-filters, hal, readahead, lftp, screen, slocate, unzip, zip

Colin, Martin, feel free to add/remove packages to the list... What do you think?
Marking as confirmed for now, I think we do need to move some packages around here, even if we don't have agreement yet on which ones...

I think this is to generic to propose at this point, and since it's been reported a lot of packages have been changed around anyway.
With the upcoming switch to snappy, this might end up being solved in another way to. Oh, and with Mir vs Wayland vs Xorg they'll likely need quite a few differences.

Given the above I'm going to close the bug. If you have any more suggestions please don't hesitate to report them.