This seems to be due to:
Current plymouth package pulls in plymouth-theme
which picks mythbuntu-default-settings as the providing package (instead of the appropriate plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo or plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text I think)
which pulls in xfce4-utils
This seems to be due to: default- settings as the providing package (instead of the appropriate plymouth- theme-ubuntu- logo or plymouth- theme-ubuntu- text I think)
Current plymouth package pulls in plymouth-theme
which picks mythbuntu-
which pulls in xfce4-utils