Re: [gentoo-user] Is gnome becoming obligatory?

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> I've seen gnome-base/gnome-common pulled in on more than one systems, all of
> which have USE="-gnome" set:
>
>  # emerge -uaNDvt world
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [nomerge       ] kde-apps/kdebase-meta-17.08.3:5::gentoo
> [nomerge       ]  kde-plasma/plasma-meta-5.10.5:5::gentoo  USE="bluetooth
> display-manager handbook pam pulseaudio sddm wallpapers -grub -gtk -
> networkmanager -plymouth -sdk"
> [nomerge       ]   kde-plasma/powerdevil-5.10.5:5::gentoo  USE="consolekit
> handbook wireless -debug"
> [nomerge       ]    kde-frameworks/solid-5.37.0:5/5.37::gentoo  USE="nls -
> debug -doc {-test}"
> [ebuild     U  ]     sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4:2::gentoo [2.1.8:2::gentoo] USE="acl
> gptfdisk introspection nls%* -cryptsetup -debug (-elogind) -lvm% (-selinux) -
> systemd" 1,257 KiB
> [ebuild  N     ]      sys-libs/libblockdev-2.14::gentoo  USE="crypt -bcache -
> dmraid -doc -kbd -lvm {-test}" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_5 -python3_4 -
> python3_6" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_5 -python3_4 -python3_6" 268 KiB
> [ebuild  N     ]       dev-libs/volume_key-0.3.9::gentoo  USE="{-test}"
> PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_5 -python3_4 -python3_6"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_5 -python3_4 -python3_6" 435 KiB
> [ebuild  N     ]      gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r1:3::gentoo
> USE="autoconf-archive" 153 KiB
> [nomerge       ] sys-libs/libblockdev-2.14::gentoo  USE="crypt -bcache -dmraid
> -doc -kbd -lvm {-test}" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_5 -python3_4 -python3_6"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_5 -python3_4 -python3_6"
> [ebuild  N     ]  dev-libs/libbytesize-1.2::gentoo  USE="-doc {-test}"
> PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_5 -python2_7 -python3_4 -python3_6"
> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_5 -python3_4 -python3_6" 69 KiB
>
> Total: 5 packages (1 upgrade, 4 new), Size of downloads: 2,180 KiB
>
> All systems are on profile:  default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma
>
> Why is gnome-base/gnome-common needed?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

It's sys-fs/udisks that wants gnome-base/gnome-common.