the libraries are tiny, why are they an issue for you? it's the way linux binaries work, if you use symbols from a library it needs to be installed. the library doesn't pull in the server though so it shouldn't be an issue. you have a probably other libraries installed on your system for similar reasons since that's something quite usual. Nautilus for example leads to have libsmb installed for people who need to connect to samba/windows remote share...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701747 Title: Remove hard dependencies on libmir* in relevant packages Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: New Status in mesa package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I think everyone will agree that Mir is not used by majority of users. So I don't understand why many packages have hard dependencies on libmir* packages. I don't want them in my system because I'll never user them. Make them optional, please. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1701747/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
