Arthur Pemberton wrote:
I still don't understand why non-Gnome, supposedly cross platform apps should depend on Gnome (i can understand depending on Gtk).
The major of programs you listed are GNOME programs or use parts of the GNOME stack which is being integrated into GTK.
http://live.gnome.org/ProjectRidley If you can find a single spurious unneeded dependency, file bug reports. Rahul