Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: python-gnome2-desktop
python-gnome2-desktop should be a meta-package providing the individual
plugins rather than a complete package with the entire set of plugins.
The result of the current build is that packagers wishing to use wnck
and/or rsvg, are required to install python-gnome2-desktop with all the
gnome dependencies. For desktops other than Gnome (like KDE, Xfce, etc),
this forces the user to install 30+ additional unnecessary packages.
If you package wnck, rsvg, and the other plugins in python-
gnome2-desktop as separate packages, and use python-gnome2-desktop as a
simple meta-package, you will provide non-gnome users with a more
stream-lined experience, while maintaining backward compatibility for
packages looking for the package python-gnome2-desktop.
I am a KDE user, and feel that installing unnecessary gnome dependencies
should not be required.
I believe the gnome deps in the python-gnome2-desktop are triggered by
the trashcan and gnome vfs plugins. Without those, the list of deps is
significantly reduced.
This came up in relation to wanting to install screenlets, which really
only requires python, pygtk+, pycairo, python-xdg, wnck and rsvg.
Unfortunately the last two can only be found in python-gnome2-desktop.
As it stands, if I continue to install, it is forcing me to install 29
gnome libraries, 20+ of which have nothing to do with wnck and/or rsvg.
Kind regards,
Rod
** Affects: gnome-python-desktop (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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wnck and rsvg should be provided in seperate packages not requiring gnome
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223671
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