Comment 2 for bug 797225

Great point. I don't really know what direction we're going to take in the future, but we have been just sticking with the ubuntu stuff because it's easier. Making lots of dependency changes can cause lots of unexpected issues, and it's a massive headache. If we determine that we want to use the GNOME applications, this will be something that we do several months from now, as there are more pressing issues at the moment.

I have put this on our brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28116/ where you can vote for each outcome, make comments, and propose other solutions.