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[JC Hulce <798151@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe it would help if you took a look at seeds?  
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement
https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu-seeds
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/xubuntu-meta/oneiric/view/head:/update.cfg

The UGR team is working on this stuff for our distro as well.  We hang
out in #ugr-devel - feel free to ask us stuff

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Title:
  Deal with upstream dependency hell

Status in elementary OS:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Upstream packages often have derivative-friendly dependencies, like
  dependency on indicator-renderer virtual package for indicators.

  But often they don't, like in bug #795191 which takes a lot of time
  and paperwork to fix (and nobody knows if my fix will be accepted),
  but it might be useful to other derivatives at least.

  And there are also packages like gnome-icon-theme that are obviously
  needed but have ridiculous dependencies and are not likely to be
  fixed.

  And we have to deal with this somehow if we want to get a clean system
  that doesn't install Unity with every update.

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