By the way, per your suggestion, I filed this against Empathy (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620501). They said:
Please file a bug against Ubuntu about their update system? ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #620501 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620501 -- can't remove empathy package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577122 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
