Although this package is approximately 37mb, I do see your point in it.
Additionally, it is installed by all the other *-desktop packages:
$ apt-cache rdepends libgl1-mesa-dri | grep desktop
ubuntustudio-desktop
ubuntu-desktop
kubuntu-desktop
gobuntu-desktop
edubuntu-desktop
** Also affects: mythbuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: mythbuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: mythbuntu
Status: New => Confirmed
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Please install libgl1-mesa-dri by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174609
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