On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:24 AM, Pander
wrote:
I simply don't see why e.g. Pidgin needs that specific dependency as
it also runs in other window managers.
I can't say for Pidgin, but Geary in Ubuntu depends on libunity so that
if run under Unity, it can integrate better with that desktop. On o
On 2017-03-04 18:07, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
...
> If you can come up with a patch that does not cause regressions for
> Unity users while helping users of other desktops, I and others would
> be glad to review it. Otherwise, I don't see an issue here with some
> apps depending on libunity.
>
> Thank
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Pander wrote:
> Even if you start out with the iso, in daily usage, you have access to
> all packages via apt-get. It is not so much the starting collection from
> the iso, more as what can get pulled in.
You framed the issue as an Ubuntu GNOME issue. So I suggest
On 2017-03-04 16:05, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Pander wrote:
>> For all packages listed in this tab-separated file, can these be
>> inspected and requested to drop or lessen the Unity dependency?
>
> Several of those apps are not part of a new, default Ubuntu GNOME
> 1
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Pander wrote:
> For all packages listed in this tab-separated file, can these be
> inspected and requested to drop or lessen the Unity dependency?
Several of those apps are not part of a new, default Ubuntu GNOME
17.04 (Beta) install. I recommend starting from a ne
Hi all,
As a long time user of Ubuntu with GNOME, I do not like it when
installation of non-Unity packages pull in Unity packages. I am not fond
of Unity, but respect the freedom of choice with also KDE, GNOME and
what not.
I noticed that after a lot of voice from the Ubuntu GNOME user
community,