Bug#506930: gcalctool should not depend on huge package gnome-icon-theme

[Loïc Minier]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> The dependency on the huge package gnome-icon-theme is a problem
> for users of machines with very small disk space (in particular).
> Moreover, if I understand correctly, gnome-icon-theme is something
> for GNOME users, and not everyone uses GTK+ applications with
> GNOME.
> 
> It should be more like a Recommends (or gnome-icon-theme should be
> split so that gcalctool can depend only on a package that provides
> a minimal set of icons, e.g. for non-GNOME users).

 See #499439 for the missing icon issue it created.

 I don't think we have any GNOME icon theme for non-GNOME users, and
 beside: what would you include in such an icon theme anyway?  It
 doesn't make any sense to me.

 gcalctool is a GNOME app and relies on the icon theme.  It's
 unfortunate that this pulls the whole icon theme for non-GNOME users,
 but then it's the correct thing to do.  An equivalent replacement icon
 theme would pull as data, wouldn't it?

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Loïc Minier