can the dependency of python-gnome2 be get rid of?

I'm using ubuntu 8.04 and install a terminator with lower version from the sources,
which can't be confiured through ~/.config/terminator/config.
Moreover, I don't have gnome-terminal installed, so I can't change the font used by terminator.
So I download a package with higher version:
terminator_0.13+ds1-2_all.deb
and install it with following command:
sudo dpkg -i terminator_0.13+ds1-2_all.deb
Then I get some errors output.

------------------------------------------------------------
... ...
Unpacking replacement terminator ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of terminator:
 terminator depends on python-support (>= 0.90.0); however:
  Version of python-support on system is 0.7.5ubuntu1.
 terminator depends on python-gnome2; however:
  Package python-gnome2 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing terminator (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 terminator
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I think that the installation doesn't success.
However, when I execute "terminator", the Terminator startups and
runs normally. And I can also configure it through
~/.config/terminator/config
It is surprising to me.

So I think that the python-gnome2 is not neccessary and that
terminator has separate from gnome-terminal.
and the version constraint of python-support can also be relexed.

I like the separate packages or the packages with less dependency.
How about you?