Hello >> In order to avoid unnecessary dependencies, please consider replacing >> the strict x11-tools dependency with a range of options including >> zenity and kdialog. > thunderbird-wrapper-helper.sh already supports zenity >> and kdialog, >> only the package dependency declaration needs to be modified. > > well, the named helper script has a fallback to use xmessage that is > needed in environments there no DE is installed and kdialog and zenity > isn't available. Like users which only use a tiling manager, e.g. on i3.
But changing the dependency declaration from 'x11-utils' to 'x11-utils | zenity | kdialog' makes a tiling manager user have to have x11-utils (or zenity or kdialog) installed and allows a user of xfce+zenity or lxde+zenity to not have to install x11-utils. > Currently the dependency on this package is still required. > > Dropping x11-utils isn't gain that much. The problem with the x11-utils package is that it is not just xmessage, but populates the system and the menu with a dozen additional programs including a display information utility for X, an X event displayer, a glyph displayer, two X font browsers/selectors/displayers, xkill, an X client displayer,... For anyone setting up a desktop with a few carefully chosen applications, having to install the full suite of applications 'x11-utils' is counterintuitive. Thank you.
