[Bug 1550896] Re: Move GConf depends to a seperate binary

[Julien Lavergne]

Thanks for the answer. Here is my comments for the different solutions :

- New dh_gconf : it's seem a bit overkill, especially if pidgin is the
only one to use it. And I don't know dh enough to make this change in
the near future :-)

- hack on debian/rules : probably a good idea, but I don't think I can
make it clean with cdbs

- don't use misc:Depends : yes, it feels wrong. If something else use
this feature in the future, it will not be obvious to re-enable it in
the package (most of packages have misc:Depends).

- Considering it's seems broken, and used for a very limited use cases,
I think it's safe to just remove it. I attached the updated debdiff.


** Patch added: "pidgin_2.10.12-0ubuntu3.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1550896/+attachment/4587016/+files/pidgin_2.10.12-0ubuntu3.debdiff

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Title:
  Move GConf depends to a seperate binary

Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in pidgin package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently, gconf on pidgin is only used to retrieve proxy settings
  from GNOME. It puts an hard depends on gconf, even if pidgin is used
  on a non-gnome environment. Also, it seems that this feature may be
  broken (see LP #878032 and https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/13867).

  The included debdiff move away the gconf files to a pidgin-gnome
  binary, so people not using GNOME can remove the gconf depends.

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