[Fedora-livecd-list] Dealing with dependencies.

The sort of dependencies I am having trouble with are things like this. I installed firefox and end up installing howl :-( Howl is not something that I need nor want, I get howl because, it is required by how-libs how-libs <- gnome-vfs2 <- firefox. These sort of dependencies are not an issue when one is dealing with a full distribution. They do become an issue when one is wanting to keep the number of packages at a minimum. I wonder whether there is possible a need for 'optional dependencies'. If something isn't there is is not needed for normal functionality but with it one gets more or better integration. Glen.