Bug#689858: gnome: Dependency on xul-ext-adblock-plus is uncalled for

[River]

Package: gnome
Version: 1:3.4+7
Followup-For: Bug #689858

Dear Maintainer,

I upgraded my stable distribution (with wheezy-updates repository at the time).
There was a conflict between xul-ext-adblock-plus and icedove and some of
icedove's extensions. Since there is a dependency on the gnome meta package it
meant that this has been uninstalled (or uninstall icedove etc.). This has as
of yet caused no problems, but if I had run apt-get autoremove (which I would
like to, to remove some other programs) it would mean that a lot of the gnome
desktop is removed. The best quick solution would be to solve the conflict, but
I also think that there is an issue with having this extension as a dependency
on such an important package. I disagree with the original poster, I think most
users benefit from and like having this pre-installed, particularly as on the
first run of iceweasel it makes it clear that it is installed. However, might
it be better to have it as "recommends" or a dependency on a different package.
With reccomends, many people have apt-get configured (I think by default, to
"consider recommended packages as dependencies"). This would also be a good
compromise with the original reasoning for this bug request. Alternatively,
have it as a dependency on iceweasel, which makes more sense to me anyway.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  aisleriot                    1:3.4.1-1
ii  alacarte                     3.5.3-1
ii  avahi-daemon                 0.6.31-2
ii  cheese                       3.4.2-2
ii  cups-pk-helper               0.2.3-3
ii  desktop-base                 7.0.3
ii  evolution                    3.4.4-3
ii  evolution-plugins            3.4.4-3
ii  file-roller                  3.4.2-1
ii  gedit                        3.4.2-1
ii  gedit-plugins                3.4.0-1
ii  gimp                         2.8.2-2
ii  gnome-applets                3.4.1-3
ii  gnome-color-manager          3.4.2-1
ii  gnome-core                   1:3.4+7
ii  gnome-documents              0.4.2-2
ii  gnome-games                  1:3.4.2-3
ii  gnome-media                  3.4.0-1
ii  gnome-nettool                3.2.0-1
ii  gnome-orca                   3.4.2-2
ii  gnome-shell-extensions       3.4.0-2
ii  gnome-tweak-tool             3.4.0.1-2
ii  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg         0.10.13-5
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly   0.10.19-2+b2
ii  hamster-applet               2.91.3+git20120514.b9fec3e1-1
ii  inkscape                     0.48.3.1-1.3
ii  libgtk2-perl                 2:1.244-1
ii  libreoffice-calc             1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii  libreoffice-gnome            1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii  libreoffice-impress          1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii  libreoffice-writer           1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii  nautilus-sendto              3.0.3-2+b1
ii  network-manager-gnome        0.9.4.1-5
ii  rhythmbox                    2.97-2.1
ii  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder  2.97-2.1
ii  rhythmbox-plugins            2.97-2.1
ii  rygel-playbin                0.14.3-2
ii  rygel-preferences            0.14.3-2
ii  rygel-tracker                0.14.3-2
ii  seahorse                     3.4.1-2
ii  shotwell                     0.12.3-2
ii  simple-scan                  3.4.2-1
ii  sound-juicer                 3.4.0-3
ii  telepathy-gabble             0.16.5-1+deb7u1
ii  telepathy-rakia              0.7.4-1
ii  telepathy-salut              0.8.1-1
ii  tomboy                       1.10.0-2
ii  totem                        3.0.1-8
ii  totem-plugins                3.0.1-8
ii  tracker-gui                  0.14.1-3
ii  transmission-gtk             2.52-3+nmu1
ii  vinagre                      3.4.2-2
ii  xdg-user-dirs-gtk            0.9-1
pn  xul-ext-adblock-plus         <none>

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  browser-plugin-gnash     0.8.11~git20120629-1
ii  gdebi                    0.8.7
ii  gnome-games-extra-data   3.2.0-4
ii  nautilus-sendto-empathy  3.4.2.3-2+deb7u1
ii  telepathy-idle           0.1.11-2+deb7u1

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  dia-gnome              <none>
pn  gnome-boxes            <none>
pn  gnucash                <none>
pn  iceweasel-l10n-all     <none>
ii  libreoffice-evolution  1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
pn  planner                <none>
pn  xul-ext-gnome-keyring  <none>