Bug#604461: gnome-panel: gnome-desktop-item-edit should be in a separate package

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 22/11/10 11:42, Simon Peeters wrote:
> Package: gnome-panel
> Severity: normal
>
> some gnome programs like alacarte use gnome-desktop-item-edit, but dont need
> anything else from the gnome-panel package (which in my case needs 60MB for it
> self and it's dependencies).
>
> I ran in to this problem because i am using gnome-shell, and therefore removed
> gnome-panel, but now alacarte craches because it can't find gnome-desktop-item-
> edit.
>
> I expect this problem to get more serious as more people will start to use
> gnome-shell
>
> I first tought of filing a bug for the alacarte package for the missinge
> dependency, but after finding out that gnome-desktop-item-edit is only 89KB and
> doesn't need anything else (at least not on my system) in contrast to the 60MB
> for gnome-panel, i tought i would be smarter to split of gnome-desktop-item-
> edit

It probably makes more sense to move that binary to another desktop component, 
such as gnome-desktop. I'll bring this with upstream.

Cheers,
Emilio