ubuntu-desktop: remove python-gdchart dep

[John Richard Moser]

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Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:53:40PM -0500, John Richard Moser wrote:
> 
>>And python-gdchart is all important because it's used by. . umm. .
>>.gimp, wait no. . .umm.  Rhythmbox-- no, wait.  Firefox!  . . .oh, that
>>doesn't depend on gdchart either.
>>
>>Whoa, holy shitty design batman, a meta-package depends on a package
>>that none of the installed applications actually depend on!  Instead of
>>just conflicting the two against eachother, they mandated that the
>>desktop will have this useless developer's package!
> 
> 
> You're unlikely to gain support for your position with this sort of tone.
> 

You're unlikely to gain my respect as long as you continue to offer
seemingly random nonsense in response to things you don't seem to
understand.

Perhaps I wasn't clear.  Let's review.

"Apparently ubuntu-desktop 0.91 depends on an arbitrary library and/or
python extension; removing these only removes ubuntu-desktop.  Is there
any particular reason for this dependency, or is it legacy and removable?"

Let's try this again:  *NO* *APPLICATIONS* *APPEAR* *TO* *DEPEND* *ON*
*python-gdchart* *ACCORDING* *TO* *APT*.  Is there something I'm missing
here, or does your response:

"python-gdchart needs to be updated for libgd2.  Unfortunately, this
will require some code changes and is not simply a matter of rebuilding,
so it make take some time before it catches up."

indicate that some frivilous developer also happens to be a python fan
and is installing arbitrary packages he likes to use that the rest of us
*DON'T* *CARE* *ABOUT*?

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