[Feature] Is gvfs an optional dependency?

[miyl]

Trying to install this on Arch, and partially because of the gvfs dependency it needs to pull in all sorts of indirect dependencies like udisks, which in turn brings in things like parted. To me installing a partitioning tool seems a bit unnecessary just to get notifications.
When I read #144 it seems gvfs might just be a dependency for "MPRIS covers", but it seems from the README that MPRIS itself is just an "available widget" which can be removed. Does this make gvfs an optional dependency?
If so, are there perhaps other dependencies that are optional dependencies?

sudo pacman -S swaync
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (21) gcr-4-4.3.0-1 granite-6.2.0-2 gvfs-1.54.1-1 libatasmart-0.19-6
libblockdev-3.1.1-2 libblockdev-crypto-3.1.1-2 libblockdev-fs-3.1.1-2
libblockdev-loop-3.1.1-2 libblockdev-mdraid-3.1.1-2
libblockdev-nvme-3.1.1-2 libblockdev-part-3.1.1-2
libblockdev-swap-3.1.1-2 libbytesize-2.8-3 libgee-0.20.6-1
libhandy-1.8.3-1 libnvme-1.9-1 mdadm-4.3-2 parted-3.6-1
udisks2-2.10.1-4 volume_key-0.3.12-9 swaync-0.10.1-2

Total Download Size: 2,68 MiB
Total Installed Size: 38,26 MiB

[notquitethereyet]

I think you don't need gvfs. I only had to install it to get album art in the control center