Bug#265590: tetex-base should suggest tetex-doc, not recommend
severity 265590 wishlist
merge 265590 51869
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Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote:
> I understand now that I was wrong in my comparison with other -doc packages.
>
> Too bad, though: I never use tetex directly. It is pulled in by GUI
> packages using tetex scripts as backends (I assume). I imagine lots of
> people use tetex that way, so it would be nice to not be forced to have
> the documentation installed (nicely integrated with the tools or not).
> Suggestion: Add a meta package simply called tetex, which depends on
> tetex tools and doxcumentaion.
One more good idea for the big "now we're gonna make it really right"
package splitting party, thank you. Don't bother that the severity is
only wishlist - it is high on our list, because the current scheme
causes many problems, and bugs to be reported. May each of them be
wishlist only, the whole issue is important to us.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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