[Bug 266946] [NEW] firefox installs unnecessary packages

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

firefox installation is hugely bloated. 123MB, and installs a lot of
gnome packages on KDE 4.1. Seen in Kubuntu Intrepid Alpha 5.

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0
Reading package lists... Done                                
Building dependency tree                                     
Reading state information... Done                            
The following extra packages will be installed:              
  app-install-data apturl docbook-xml gksu gnome-app-install gnome-icon-theme
  launchpad-integration libcairo-perl libgksu2-0 libglib-perl                
  libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnomeui-0       
  libgnomeui-common libgtk2-perl libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common    
  liblaunchpad-integration1 librsvg2-common libscrollkeeper0 libvte-common   
  libvte9 python-cairo python-gconf python-glade2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2 
  python-gtkhtml2 python-launchpad-integration python-numeric python-pyorbit 
  python-sexy python-vte scrollkeeper sgml-data software-properties-gtk      
  synaptic ubufox xulrunner-1.9                                              
Suggested packages:                                                          
  docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl docbook-defguide firefox-3.0-gnome-support
  latex-xft-fonts libgtk2-perl-doc python-gconf-dbg python-gtk2-doc
  python-gst0.10-dbg python-gtk2-dbg python-gnome2-extras-doc
  python-launchpad-integration-dbg python-numeric-tutorial python-numeric-ext
  python-numeric-dbg python-pyorbit-dbg perlsgml doc-html-w3 opensp
  libxml2-utils dwww menu deborphan
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  app-install-data apturl docbook-xml firefox-3.0 gksu gnome-app-install
  gnome-icon-theme launchpad-integration libcairo-perl libgksu2-0 libglib-perl
  libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnomeui-0
  libgnomeui-common libgtk2-perl libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common
  liblaunchpad-integration1 librsvg2-common libscrollkeeper0 libvte-common
  libvte9 python-cairo python-gconf python-glade2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2
  python-gtkhtml2 python-launchpad-integration python-numeric python-pyorbit
  python-sexy python-vte scrollkeeper sgml-data software-properties-gtk
  synaptic ubufox xulrunner-1.9
0 upgraded, 42 newly installed, 0 to remove and 56 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 123MB of additional disk space will be used.
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** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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firefox installs unnecessary packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266946
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