Nautilus, is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop, so it might suggest Unity packages but it should not depend on them. The implementation can be made in such way that when Unity is not installed, there should not be a problem.
Same goes for empathy and thunderbird-gnome-support. Ubunty should give its users more freedom in choosing that to install and not push Unity (I have seen too many hard dependencies) or it is going to loose users to e.g. Debian. ** Tags added: 15.10 packaging unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to libunity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1224621 Title: Removing libunity9 also removes nautilus and other packages Status in libunity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: $ apt-get -s remove libunity9 The following packages will be REMOVED: brasero brasero-cdrkit deja-dup deja-dup-backend-gvfs deja-dup-backend-ubuntuone empathy indicator-appmenu indicator-sound libbrasero-media3-1 libunity9 mcp-account-manager-uoa nautilus nautilus-sendto nautilus-sendto-empathy nautilus-share rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder shotwell telepathy-indicator xchat-indicator ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: libunity9 6.90.2daily13.04.05-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 12 20:05:10 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-21 (692 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: libunity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-20 (234 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libunity/+bug/1224621/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp