Package: texlive-bin Version: 2007.dfsg.2-3 Severity: important Tags: patch User: ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Usertags: origin-ubuntu ubuntu-patch intrepid Hi! texlive-extra-utils currently recommends dvi2tty and dvidvi. IMHO they should be dropped to Suggests:, since LaTeX defaults and encourages using PDF now. Especially the former package needs to go, since dvi2tty is orphaned and not in testing (thus Lenny would have an unresolvable Recommends:). For that reason I mark the bug as important. Similarly, texlive-base-bin's Recommends: perl-tk seems too strong to me. I am a fairly regular LaTeX user and have never ever needed it. IMHO all three should be dropped to Suggests:. Thanks for considering, Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
* Demote dvi2tty and dvidvi from Recommends to Suggests. The former is not
in Debian testing and orphaned, and in general current LaTeX defaults and
encourages the PDF format now (instead of the ancient DVI).
* Demote perl-tk, too. It is really not something that most LaTeX users will
ever need to be installed by default.
--- texlive-bin-2007.dfsg.2/debian/control
+++ texlive-bin-2007.dfsg.2/debian/control
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@
Package: texlive-base-bin
Architecture: any
Depends: perl, ed, mime-support, ${shlibs:Depends}, texlive-common (>= 2007)
-Recommends: perl-tk, texlive-base-bin-doc
-Suggests: ghostscript, xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer, gv | postscript-viewer
+Recommends: texlive-base-bin-doc
+Suggests: perl-tk, ghostscript, xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer, gv | postscript-viewer
Replaces: texlive-extra-utils (<= 2007-7), texlive-pdfetex, tetex-bin (<< 2007)
Description: TeX Live: Essential binaries
These programs are regarded as basic for any TeX system.
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, texlive-base (>= 2007-11), texlive-common (>= 2007)
Conflicts: dviutils
-Recommends: dvi2tty, dvidvi, lacheck, ghostscript
+Recommends: lacheck, ghostscript
+Suggests: dvi2tty, dvidvi
Provides: dviutils
Replaces: dviutils, texlive-pdfetex
Description: TeX Live: TeX auxiliary programs
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