firefox from the resources has wrong dependences

Bug #271762 reported by aljoscha
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #271524: Firefox/Abrowser recommend ubufox. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch) (KDE 4)
Release: 8.10

If i want to install firefox from the resources, it wants to install many other packages too which aren't need. (e.g. synaptic)
Here is the whole list of dependences:

  app-install-data{a} apturl{a} docbook-xml{a} firefox firefox-3.0{a} firefox-3.0-branding{a} gksu{a} gnome-app-install{a} gnome-icon-theme{a}
  launchpad-integration{a} libcairo-perl{a} libgksu2-0{a} libglib-perl{a} libgnome2-canvas-perl{a} libgnome2-perl{a} libgnome2-vfs-perl{a}
  libgnomeui-0{a} libgnomeui-common{a} libgtk2-perl{a} libgtkhtml2-0{a} libgtop2-7{a} libgtop2-common{a} liblaunchpad-integration1{a}
  librsvg2-common{a} libscrollkeeper0{a} libvte-common{a} libvte9{a} python-cairo{a} python-gconf{a} python-glade2{a} python-gst0.10{a}
  python-gtk2{a} python-gtkhtml2{a} python-launchpad-integration{a} python-numeric{a} python-pyorbit{a} python-sexy{a} python-vte{a}
  scrollkeeper{a} sgml-data{a} software-properties-gtk{a} synaptic{a} ubufox{a} xulrunner-1.9{

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William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

This is probably through the ubufox Recommends.

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aljoscha (aljoscha) wrote :

But are all the packages really essential for ubufox? And why isn't the ubufox installation optional?

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 271524, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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