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[Charles Kerr <charles.kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This was previously not practical because indicator-datetime needed
libgeoclue-dev to even build.

However, this  isn't true anymore in 14.04 and geoclue is not used by
default -- it's enabled if/when a user toggles the "show-auto-detected-
location" boolean via unity-control-center. So I think this decoupling
is at least possible now, though I'd prefer to have seb128 or cyphermox
weigh in whether or not that change is practical.

Lastly, this change is IMO a low priority because indicator-datetime
stopped unconditionally initializing GeoClue in 13.04.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1120358

Title:
  Reduce the dependency on the geoclue-ubuntu-geoip packages to a
  recommends

Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Geoip check is currently used to determine if your timezone has
  changed. It connects to canonical servers on every boot. There is
  currently no way to remove the geoclue-ubuntu-geoip package without
  also removing indicator-datetime. Please reduce the dependency on the
  geoclue-ubuntu-geoip package to a recommends so users that do not need
  timezone adjustment or privacy-aware people can un-install it.

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