[Bug 817718] Re: [Oneiric] Wrong dependency in usb-creator 0.2.31

[seeker5528]

"Why is the dependency wrong? libunity is required so that the
integration works on systems with Unity installed (note, the dependency
is libunity, and not unity). Making it a recommends adds extra run-time
complexity to check if things are installed."

Doesn't it have to do the same run time checks whether the library is
installed or not?

If the library is installed does it not have to check to see if Unity is
installed or not?

Wouldn't it make more sense to make libunity a dependency of the package
(packages?) that provide the launcher/places functionality instead of
the ones that could use it if it's running?

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Title:
  [Oneiric] Wrong dependency in usb-creator 0.2.31

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The latest usb-creator-gtk package depends on gir1.2-unity-3.0.
  This in turn pulls in packages gir1.2-dee-0.5, gir1.2-dbusmenu-glib-0.4 and libunity4.
  This is unnecessary regarding Ubuntu Oneiric setups (with gnome desktop), where Unity is not installed.
  I only use gnome-shell and as a fallback gnome-panel.

  The dependency of usb-creator-gtk should not be depends, but rather recommends gir1.2-unity-3.0.
  Donwgrading back to version 0.2.30 solves this issue.

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