Bug#400654: xserver-xorg dependency on xfonts-base

[Antonio Larrosa <larrosa@kde.org>]

On Monday 27 November 2006 22:06, Jamey Sharp wrote:
> This explains why xserver-xorg and friends don't declare Depends: on
> xfonts-base. I think a Suggests:, or possibly Recommends:, wouldn't be
> out of the question though. Few people use font servers these days.

Suggest or recommends sounds ok for me too. That way people don't get an 
unusable system because they forgot to install the fonts. I think that would 
save time for users and of course, to developers who have to help those users 
finding why doesn't the X server run. At least Recommends/Suggest would make 
it more prominent that you need to install fonts too.

Otoh, Julien Cristau said that the right way to install the X server is by 
installing the xorg metapackage, so maybe we can just say it's the user's 
fault for not installing all the packages, but I think a Recommends/Suggest 
doesn't hurt anyone and it'll save time for those users who install the X 
server "manually".

Thanks,

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Antonio Larrosa