Bug#362046: gnome-control-center: Dependency on libebook1.2-5
indirectly means any Gnome desktop dependent on Novell Evolution
Neil Van Dyke
neil at neilvandyke.org
Tue Apr 11 22:52:23 UTC 2006
Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.12.3-2
Severity: important
I'm trying to build Debian desktop systems that do not have dependency
on Novell Evolution, since I anticipate a showdown with Novell over them
trying to push Microsoft .NET onto the GNU/Linux desktop.
Certainly, people who want to support Microsoft .NET on their Debian
systems should be allowed to. At the same time, I think that Debian
should support people who want to run the broader Gnome desktop without
being forced to install Novell Evolution code (and whatever that
stickiness might entail in the future).
The problem for the latter group at the moment is that
"gnome-control-center" is dependent on a Novell Evolution library,
"libebook1.2-5".
Personally, I could sacrifice "gnome-control-center" from my systems,
except the following packages have immediate dependencies on it,
effectively meaning I wouldn't have much of a desktop left:
gnome-core
gnome-panel
gnome-session
gnome-terminal
nautilus
I'd appreciate it immensely if you removed "gnome-control-center"'s
dependency on Novell Evolution libraries. If there's some reason why some
users would want that dependency, then perhaps that could be implemented
as an optional plugin, or perhaps variants of "gnome-control-center"
with and without the link dependency could be built.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii capplets-data 1:2.12.3-2 configuration applets for GNOME 2
ii desktop-file-utils 0.10-1 Utilities for .desktop files
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.12.3-1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.12.1-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-menus 2.12.0-2.1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libavahi-client3 0.6.7-1 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common3 0.6.7-1 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-compat-howl0 0.6.7-1 Avahi Howl compatibility library
ii libbonobo2-0 2.10.1-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.10.1-2 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcairo2 1.0.2-3 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-2 0.61-5 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libebook1.2-5 1.4.2.1-1 Client library for evolution addre
ii libesd0 0.2.36-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfam0 2.7.0-9 Client library to control the FAM
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.12.1-12 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.5.1-2 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.1-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.12.3-1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.4.9-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-menu2 2.12.0-2.1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.12.0.1-5 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.12.0-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.12.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.12.2-5 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-14 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.2-1 library for common error values an
ii libgstreamer-plugins0.8- 0.8.12-1 Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii libgstreamer0.8-0 0.8.12-1 Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-12 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libmetacity0 1:2.12.3-3 library of lightweight GTK2 based
ii libnautilus-extension1 2.12.2-2 libraries for nautilus components
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.0-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.0-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.8-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.17-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxklavier10 2.1-1 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.6.23.dfsg.2-3 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxss1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Screen Saver client-side library
ii libxxf86misc1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X miscellaneous extensions library
ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii gnome-session 2.12.0-4 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome2-user-guide 2.8.1-2 GNOME 2 User's Guide
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