Re: Bug#445797: fixed in libcaca 0.99.beta12.debian-3

[Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Hi Sam,

Sam Hocevar (Debian packages) <sam+deb@zoy.org> wrote:

>  libcaca (0.99.beta12.debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
>  .
>    * debian/control:
>      + Build-depend on texlive instead of all the other texlive-* packages so
>        that we have the proper fonts at build time (Closes: #445797).

Please don't do it that way.  Both because it's a bad idea and because
we intend to file bugs about this soon (read: as soon as one among the
TeX team has some free time, which might well be next year).

It's a bad idea because the texlive metapackage is a package targetted
at users who write documents, not at build-deps. It's a package which is
supposed to pull in what a novice/standard/whatever TeX user probably
wants. But we're not yet there, so we might still have to make some
changes: Add this package, drop that other one.

Consequently, at least at the moment, the texlive metapackage is a
moving target with respect to "I need this particular font". You are
risking that your package FTBFS once we find out that most people won't
need that font package (or should not use it because it's obsolete).
Better check which individual package is needed.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)