IMO this is a design issue in Mesa - it hard links to all the backends enabled at build time. That also means, for example that a Mir based system pulls in a bunch of X libraries. The same is true for Wayland. A runtime dependency would be more satisfactory for everyone.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701747 Title: Remove hard dependencies on libmir* in relevant packages Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: New Status in mesa package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I think everyone will agree that Mir is not used by majority of users. So I don't understand why many packages have hard dependencies on libmir* packages. I don't want them in my system because I'll never user them. Make them optional, please. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1701747/+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
