Bug#546360: totem-gstreamer: Has unnecessary dependancy - gnome-icon-theme

[Fred Chien]

Sven Arvidsson:
> On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 03:03 +0800, Fred Chien wrote:
>   
>> The problem is that gnome-icon-theme which is dependency
>> of totem-gstreamer needs 22MB disk space at least, and also
>> gnome-icon-theme cannot be replaced with other icons packages
>> for totem-gstreamer.
>>     
>
> For such a corner case, wouldn't it be simpler to use equivs to create a
> dummy gnome-icon-theme package to satisfy the dependency?
>
> See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html 
>
>   
Why not create a new icon package which is only for smallest
totem-gstreamer install?

It's just a little suggestions.