Remove libunity9 package dependency for nautilus

[Pander]

Please, drop the dependency from nautilus on libunity9. There is no need for it and it unfairly forces non-Unity users to have Unity packages installed. If there is a reason for it, create nautilus-unity and manage it there. Or downgrade the dependency to recommended or suggested.

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1635951 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1669997

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Asked Unity developers to check when that happened:
(https://answers.launchpad.net/unity/+question/536832)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This is intentional and it is not easily split out into a separate package.

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/nautilus/ubuntu/view/head:/debian/patches/12_unity_launcher_support.patch

So unless you can propose a patch to do this while not regressing Nautilus' behavior for Unity users, this isn't really something we're interested in.

libunity is a small library and doesn't seem to cause any problems for users of other desktops.

[Pander (pander)]

Thanks for the analysis. See also more background in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1669997 So a nautilus-unity packages could host the Unity specific part.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Further to comment #9, closing Papercuts task