Why are there dependencies that aren't actually dependencies on some packages?

[Jeremy Bicha]

On 21 August 2012 13:31, Dale Amon <amon at vnl.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:07:37AM -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
>> That particular bug is fixed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal.
>> launchpad-integration is obsolete and is one package away from being
>> removed from the archives. http://pad.lv/999413
>
> Curious... does that mean no top tool bar launchers or not
> launchers that do complex command lines?

The launchpad-integration library added "Get Help Online", "Translate
this Application", and in development releases, "Report a Problem"
items to the Help menu. Several GNOME apps no longer have a help menu
and for several GNOME apps this was the only difference between the
Debian & Ubuntu packaging. It has to do with launchpad.net, not
launchers in general.

Jeremy