Here the RDEPEND entry of the current gcompris-6.5.ebuild: RDEPEND="virtual/x11 >=dev-libs/glib-2.0 =x11-libs/gtk+-2* >=gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.0.2 >=dev-python/gnome-python-2.0 media-libs/sdl-mixer media-libs/libsdl dev-libs/libxml2 dev-libs/popt games-board/gnuchess python? ( dev-lang/python ) editor? ( >=gnome-base/libgnome-1.96.0 >=gnome-base/libgnomeui-1.96.0 )" It looks like dev-python/gnome-python is mandatory, but why can gcompris then be build without python (see "python? ( dev-lang/python )")? I looked and tested the gcompris requirements: gnome-python and with it the whole gnome stuff is only needed for the optional editor component, so please let gnome-python depend on the editor use flag like the other gnome parts, too. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: I have to install a lot of other not directly needed stuff Expected Results: I only want to install the game and the really needed dependencies
behind the python use flag in gcompris-6.5.3.ebuild Thanks for the bug report.