gnome-panel: default user accounts depend on deskbar-applet

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Package: gnome-panel
Version: 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Severity: normal

after having removed the deskbar-applet package,
newly created users, on first logging in to their gnome desktop,
are alerted that their deskbar-applet could not start.

why are applets being configured to start when the package isn't installed?

it is also unclear how i could configure it to ignore this warning on a system-wide level.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers gutsy-security
  APT policy: (500, 'gutsy-security'), (500, 'gutsy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about         1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1    The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-control-cente 1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1    utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-desktop-data  1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1    Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-menus         2.20.1-0ubuntu1      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel-data    1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1    common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  libart-2.0-2        2.3.19-3             Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.20.0-0ubuntu1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0        2.20.0-0ubuntu1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0      2.20.0-0ubuntu1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6               2.6.1-1ubuntu10      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2           1.4.10-1ubuntu4.4    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3         1.1.1-3ubuntu4       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2    0.74-1               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-9       1.12.1-0ubuntu1      Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-7        1.12.1-0ubuntu1      Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-9 1.12.1-0ubuntu1      Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2 1.12.1-0ubuntu1      GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libfontconfig1      2.4.2-1.2ubuntu4     generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4         2.20.0-0ubuntu1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0         1:2.6.2-1            library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.14.1-1ubuntu1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2  1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1    Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2      2.20.1-0ubuntu1      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0         2.20.0-1ubuntu4      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0   2.20.0-1ubuntu1      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0        2.20.1.1-0ubuntu1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0      1:2.20.0-0ubuntu3    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.12.0-1ubuntu3      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6             2:1.0.3-3            X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liblaunchpad-integr 0.1.15               library for launchpad integration
ii  liblpint-bonobo0    0.1.15               library for launchpad integration
ii  liborbit2           1:2.14.9-0ubuntu1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0  1:2.20.1-0ubuntu1    library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.18.3-0ubuntu1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0            1.10-3build1         lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6              2:1.0.3-1            X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notifica 0.9-1                library for program launch feedbac
ii  libwnck22           2.20.1-0ubuntu1      Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6            2:1.1.1-1ubuntu4     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6             1:1.0.3-2            X11 authorisation library
ii  libxcomposite1      1:0.4.0-0ubuntu1     X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1         1:1.1.8-2            X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1         1:1.1.1-3            X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6            2:1.0.3-2build1      X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3          1:4.0.3-2            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6              2:1.1.2-1            X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1        2:1.0.2-1build1      X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2             2.6.30.dfsg-2ubuntu1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2          2:1.2.1-1            X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1         1:0.9.2-1            X Rendering Extension client libra

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii  alacarte                 0.11.3-1ubuntu1 easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  evolution-data-server    1.12.1-0ubuntu1 evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-applets            2.20.0-0ubuntu1 Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-session            2.20.1-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
pn  menu-xdg                 <none>          (no description available)

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