Bug#599649: texlive-pstricks: Please document reasons for recommends on ps2eps, texlive-extra-utils, and texlive-font-utils
Package: texlive-pstricks
Version: 2009-10
Severity: normal
texlive-pstricks Recommends several other packages: ps2eps,
texlive-extra-utils, and texlive-font-utils. However, texlive-pstricks
does not give any indication of what it needs these packages for, making
it difficult for the user to determine whether to install them.
texlive-pstricks-doc seems rather obvious, but for the rest, please
consider documenting in the package description what texlive-pstricks
uses those packages for. Please also consider for each whether they
should use "Recommends" or "Suggests", since Recommends now get
instlaled by default.
Thanks,
Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages texlive-pstricks depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.8.5 Debian package management system
ii tex-common 2.08 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-base 2009-11 TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii texlive-binaries 2009-7 Binaries for TeX Live
ii texlive-common 2009-11 TeX Live: Base component
ii texlive-generic-recommended 2009-11 TeX Live: Recommended generic pack
Versions of packages texlive-pstricks recommends:
pn ps2eps <none> (no description available)
pn texlive-extra-utils <none> (no description available)
pn texlive-font-utils <none> (no description available)
pn texlive-pstricks-doc <none> (no description available)
texlive-pstricks suggests no packages.
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.15.8.5 Debian package management system
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-pstricks is related to:
ii tex-common 2.08 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-binaries 2009-7 Binaries for TeX Live
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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