On Tue, 10 May 2016 21:58:36 -0400 Ari Pollak <a...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: debhelper > Version: 9.20160403 > Severity: wishlist > > dh_gconf still adds gconf2 to ${misc:Depends}, but AFAICT that's a legacy > holdout and is no longer needed anymore. The gconf2 package uses triggers to > update its database with new schemas; if you install gconf2, it will > rebuild the database from scratch anyway. So for something like pidgin, which > adds URL handlers to gconf (not used by GNOME 3 anyway) but doesn't need gconf > for normal operation, that's just an extraneous dependency that just seems to > irritate certain users. > > > [...]
Hi Joss, Can you confirm that this dependency on gconf2 is now unnecessary? At first glance I cannot see a need for it now that the autoscripts have been removed. Thanks, ~Niels