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avb

Member

From: Minsk, BY

Registered: 2006-02-08

Posts: 10

gnome packets dependings

Hello

Its interesting why gnome-panel package depends on evalution-data-server. And it seems that there are a lots of packets depends on it.

If i'm not going to use evalution, why i need to install this stuff?

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Regards, Alex

mutlu_inek

Member

From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: gnome packets dependings

It should be optional. Gnome panel does work without the evolution data server. I do not know why the maintainer keeps the dependency. However, if you use the Gnome desktop, the evolution data server gets pulled in by a lot of stuff anyway. If not, which packages pulls in gnome-panel?

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: gnome packets dependings

It's for the clock applet. The clock applet integrates your evolution calendar. Without the dependency, the clock applet will refuse to load.

mutlu_inek

Member

From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: gnome packets dependings

Well, I was wrong. I should not have commented on this as I am not even running Gnome. I just remembered that it was optional in Gentoo.