Bug#223728: tetex-bin needn't depend on xlibs

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

"Michael K. Edwards" <mkedebian@sane.net> schrieb:

> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 2.0.2-5.1
> Tags: patch
>
> The attached patch splits off separate xdvi, texdoctk, and
> metafont-xterm-support packages from tetex-bin, leaving tetex-bin free of
> xfree86 dependencies.  I am sure that this has been debated before, 

Yes, it has. The answer was "not for woody", but unfortunately since
then nobody worked on it. I cannot judge whether we are again too near
to a freeze. But at least we have a working patch now.

If we do discuss issues like this, we should also take into account that
also the destinction between tetex-base and tetex-extra is problematic
(see #190721). And there are even some problems with splitting off
tetex-doc and tetex-src (no bug reports so far).

> Thanks for considering this, and I apologize if I am beating a dead
> horse.

We should definitely keep that in mind. If not for sarge, then for
immediately after that.

Bye, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie