For now, LibreOffice developers have decided to not use gsettings, read https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41678 for details. For Ubuntu there's already a request to drop the depends at bug 1235540.
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256819 Title: Please drop the deprecated "Gconf2", 'Gsettings' should be used now Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: With GNOME 3.0 (april 2011), the GNOME Project decided to discontinue GConf. It won't be maintained anymore: bugs and security holes will not be fixed. Moving to Gsettings: https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/GSettingsMigration Porting Guide: http://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/ch31.html Actually many apps/packages still have gconf dependencies: Reverse Depends: libreoffice-gnome libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 cinnamon virt-manager ogmrip zapping xubuntu-default-settings xchat-common udev-discover ubuntustudio-default-settings tribler tomboy terminator teg sugar-session-0.96 stardict-gnome specto sound-juicer sflphone-gnome sbackup rubrica revelation regexxer pyrenamer pybik psensor planner penguintv ooo-thumbnailer ontv nautilus-open-terminal mythbuntu-default-settings mumble muffin-common mssh monster-masher monkey-bubble minbar-data me-tv maximus mail-notification liferea libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libgksu2-0 lastfm jack-mixer istanbul hamster-indicator hamster-applet gwyddion-common guake gtk-theme-config gtetrinet gsql-postgresql-engine gsql-plugins gsql-mysql-engine gsql gshare grdesktop grace gpointing-device-settings gnucash-common gnotime gnomint gnomeradio gnome-xcf-thumbnailer gnome-translate gnome-subtitles gnome-specimen gnome-raw-thumbnailer gnome-phone-manager gnome-osd gnome-mud gnome-media gnome-gmail gnome-do gnome-core gnome-btdownload gnome-blog gnome-applets-data gnome-applets gnome-alsamixer gnome-activity-journal gmfsk gm-notify glipper gjiten ggcov gfax gconf-editor g2ipmsg foxtrotgps f-spot espeak-gui electricsheep ekiga drivel docky dockmanager-daemon desktop-profiles dasher-data cortina compizconfig-backend-gconf comix cinnamon celestia-gnome camorama cameramonitor buzztard-data brightside blam bisho apt-watch-gnome amule-gnome-support alleyoop alarm-clock-applet agave aeskulap xchat-gnome-common xchat-gnome virt-manager transmission-gtk pidgin libreoffice-gnome libgnomevfs2-common libgnome2-common libgconf2-dev libgconf2-4 libgconf-2-4 ibus-chewing gstreamer0.10-gconf gnome-user-share gnome-terminal-data evolution-indicator compiz-gnome apturl aisleriot ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libreoffice-gnome 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Dec 2 09:38:13 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1256819/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp