Unfortunately the issue is a little more subtle than it appears.
The shared library itself uses some text support files, for translated
strings and stuff like that.  Because these are upwards-compatible
between library versions, but would collide if actually in the library
package, they're in the -desktop package.  Which also has the actual
desktop support stuff.

The "right" solution is to split these apart, so the shared libraries
can have a strong dependency on these textual support files, with an
appropriate >> on the version.  And the xdg-utils would not be pulled
in, or at least not so strongly.

My plan is to roll up my sleeves and do this split, which I have a
chance.  (But I'd welcome a patch, of course!)

                                        --Barak.
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Barak A. Pearlmutter
 Hamilton Institute & Dept Comp Sci, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
 http://www.bcl.hamilton.ie/~barak/



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