Meld doesn't depend on or recommend at-spi2-core

[Cefn]

If I ever use meld on Lubuntu as a git difftool, I end up with a console full of these notifications for every window launch...

** (meld:30242): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files

...to resolve this, meld should depend on, or at the very least recommend at-spi2-core which provides the Accessibility bus which it is making calls to. Alternatively, the error should be suppressed unless accessibility functionality has been explicitly requested.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: meld 3.18.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 19 12:44:28 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-15 (126 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meld
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Agreed.

I'm all for accessibility but it should be possible to run a computer without those tools installed nicely. That includes no unnecessary error messages IMHO.