On Nov 1, 2014 10:39 PM, "Michael Gilbert" <mgilbert@debian.org> wrote:
>
> package: wine-development
> severity: important
> version: 1.7.29-2
>
> wine-gecko is a large download and often isn't necessary. It should
> be recommended, rather than depended.
>
> Best wishes,
> Mike
It is often needed, and wine without gecko is not a supported configuration by upstream.