libbluetooth3 removal would remove evolution

Bug #424706 reported by wayward4now
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bluez-libs (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Since I have no bluetooth devices at all on my server, I wanted to remove all bluetooth related packages. Using synaptic, I could remove all of the bluetooth packages except libbluetooth3. It threaten to remove evolution, which kinda blows my mind.

I'm running 64bit Karmic.

The package name is libbluetooth3 4.5.1 Oubuntu1
"Library to use the BlueZ Linux Bluetooth stack" My feeling is that the package should not remove other packages that are not strictly blueetooth hardware dependent, such as my email applications, like Evolution.

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arky (arky) wrote :

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affects: ubuntu → bluez-libs (Ubuntu)
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jeremiPL (jerekpl) wrote :

I have the same problem, using Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (9.04), and 4.32-0ubuntu4.1 version of the "libbluetooth3".

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Firedragon (shagrath) wrote :

Using Ubuntu Karmic 32bit:
Removing libbluetooth3 [4.51-0ubuntu2] removes

evolution
evolution-couchdb
evolution-exchange
evolution-indicator
evolution-plugins
gnome-pilot
gnome-pilot-conduits
gvfs-backends
libgnome-pilot2
libpisock9
libpisync1
obex-data-server
obexd-client
totem
totem-mozilla
totem-plugins

Removing libgnome-bluetooth7 [2.28.1-0ubuntu2] removes

network-manager-gnome

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lavinog (lavinog) wrote :

What is the problem with leaving this package installed? It is not a very large package. If you are trying to go lightweight, you could try other email clients.
I don't have any bluetooth devices, but I would imagine that evolution has many uses for bluetooth since it has features to sync with pdas and smartphones.

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Firedragon (shagrath) wrote :

Not trying to go lightweight just like to be able to remove things i never going to use.
I don't have any bluetooth devices either so wish tho have all bluetooth stuff gone.
not much of the things that gets removed i use but would like to keep

network-manager-gnome
gvfs-backends

It would be great if it just removed bluetooth stuff and not programs that could have uses for bluetooth but don,t realy need it.

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Baptiste Mille-Mathias (bmillemathias) wrote :

Packaging is done to provide more functionnalities to everyone, and libbluetooth3 is 70KB package.
If you want a lightweight installa, I would also advice to remove evolution.

Changed in bluez-libs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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