I had a look at the gnome-panel source ... the dependence on libedataserverui package arises only because of the clock applet. The library is not essential for the gnome panel itself. Unlike other applets in the gnome-panel source, this is the only package which depends on an external program. That external dependence itself is optional, since the clock applet can be built without support for Evolution.
So I think this is still a valid packaging bug. Simply removing the package dependency is not enough. For that to work, the clock applet should be packaged separately, ideally as two different builds --- one with evolution support, one without. Simply separating the clock applet is also not enough --- people will have to install the Evolution packages just to get a clock onto the panel. Agreed that the size of the dependencies involved is still not much, but they do show up in system updates. The current situation is not "clean", since one piece of software is installing another piece that is not necessary for its proper functioning. -- Removing evolution removes gnome-panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240097 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
