Bug#1114456: closed by Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> (Re: Bug#1114456: reportbug: After a fresh Debian 12 or 13 install, reportbug remarks that it requires gir1.2-vte*)
> The answer to my question was only a repetition of my report: "You need to install the dependencies for reportbug before you can use it."
i dont think it was a repetition.
> Is there a special reason that all the dependencies for reportbug aren't installed by default with Debian 12 or Debian 13.
1. Most reportbug users are comfortable with the text only version,
thus not needing those extra packages
2. not everyone wants to install GTK libraries (e.g. KDE users)
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