Can someone explain me why am I getting long list of packages when I run: 
emerge --depclean

.....
  xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.10.2 pulled in by:
    xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.10 requires >=xfce-base/xfdesktop-4.10

  xfce-base/xfwm4-4.10.0-r1 pulled in by:
    x11-themes/xfwm4-themes-4.10.0 requires >=xfce-base/xfwm4-4.10
    xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.10 requires >=xfce-base/xfwm4-4.10

  xfce-extra/thunar-archive-plugin-0.3.0 pulled in by:
    @selected requires xfce-extra/thunar-archive-plugin

  xfce-extra/thunar-volman-0.8.0 pulled in by:
    @selected requires xfce-extra/thunar-volman

  xfce-extra/tumbler-0.1.25 pulled in by:
    @selected requires xfce-extra/tumbler

  xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.6.2 pulled in by:
    @selected requires xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin
....

They are not selected for removal, they are just listed.

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Joseph

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