Bug#249128: gdesklets: unnecessary dependency upon gnome-utils

Martin-Ăric Racine "Martin-Ăric Racine" <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>, 249128@bugs.debian.org
Sat, 15 May 2004 11:44:32 +0300


Package: gdesklets
Version: 0.26.2-1
Severity: normal

I really find it odd that gdesklets would depend upon gnome-utils, given how it mostly provides a floppy formatter 
and dictionary search tool, none of which is essential to the operation of desklets.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (101, 'testing'), (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-imac
Locale: LANG=fi_FI@euro, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI@euro

Versions of packages gdesklets depends on:
ii  gconf2                    2.4.0.1-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-utils               2.4.1-1        GNOME desktop utilities
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.16-5       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.4.1-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.4.3-1        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.4.3-2        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-12   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4               2.4.0.1-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt1                1.1.12-4       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.2.3-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0               2.4.0-11       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.4.0-3        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.4.0.1-12     The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.4.1-5        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common       2.4.1-5        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls7                0.8.12-5       GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.2.4-3        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2                  2.0.8-7        Libraries for gtop system monitori
ii  libice6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.8.3-2      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.2.5-4        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.7-4          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-0                0.1.2-1        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libxml2                   2.6.9-2        GNOME XML library
ii  python-gnome2             2.0.2-1        Python bindings for the Gnome 2 de
ii  python-gtk2               2.2.0-1        Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-numeric            23.1-3         Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathem
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1-5      compression library - runtime

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