Bug#586586: libgdict-1.0-6: New gnome-utils-common dependency pulls in 6 MB

[Adrian Bunk]

[ Added the gtranslator maintainer to the Cc ]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:42:03PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le dimanche 20 juin 2010 à 22:30 +0300, Adrian Bunk a écrit :
> > Package: libgdict-1.0-6
> > Version: 2.30.0-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > libgdict-1.0-6 gained a dependency on gnome-utils-common that pulls in
> > an additional 6 MB.
> 
> > The only reason why I have this library installed is for gtranslator,
> > and these 6 MB look a bit heavy.
> 
> Does gtranslator work correctly without gnome-utils-common? It contains
> the translations, and also the dictionary sources for libgdict.
> 
> If it’s possible to configure the sources by hand instead, it’s possible
> to demote it to a Recommends, but I’m not fond of making translations
> optional.

gtranslator uses gdict only in one plugin - only build when libgdict is 
found at built time, and then only used when the user enables it.

Not sure what the "right" solution is here - creating for each of the
8 gtranslator plugins an own package also sounds wrong.

Tangentially, the plugin seems to be broken at the moment:
** (gtranslator:1298): WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtranslator/plugins/libdict.so: undefined symbol: gtr_utils_get_user_config_dir

> Cheers,
> -- 
>  .''`.      Josselin Mouette

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed