That would at least explain why removing "evolution-data-server" would "also remove a lot of gnome stuff".
I believe those processes are fundamental to several GNOME components. Not
only to its email client. For instance, GNOME's calendar probably share data
with Evolution, GNOME Shell shows Evolution's contacts when searching, etc.
- [Trisquel-users] Evolution remains in my system gnuser
- [Trisquel-users] Re : Evolution remains in my system lcerf
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution remains in my system strypey