Re: Removing unneeded package dependencies on Unity

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

Re: Removing unneeded package dependencies on Unity

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. > >

Re: Removing unneeded package dependencies on Unity

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

Re: Removing unneeded package dependencies on Unity

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

Re: Removing unneeded package dependencies on Unity

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.

Removing unneeded package dependencies on Unity

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