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Bug#338081: marked as done (xserver-common: Promote xfonts-base from suggests to recommends)

Your message dated Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:04:27 +0100
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and subject line Bug#338081: xserver-common: Promote xfonts-base from suggests to recommends
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Package: xserver-common
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7
Severity: wishlist

It would be really great if xfonts-base were promoted from a suggests of
xserver-common to a recommends.  I realize this is certainly a debatable
issue, but I filed this wishlist bug to present my rationale under the
assumption that it could be marked wontfix if there is are compelling
reasons not to do so.

Given that the X server will not start without access to the fonts
provided by xfonts-base (either locally or remotely), it seems to fit
the policy definition of a "strong dependency".  I believe it would also
be a benefit to our users, given that they could naively install
xserver-xorg (using a tool that automatically includes recommends) and
have a working X server after the install completes.  Although the
package is not required on setups where the fonts are externally
available, the only detriment to installing this package automatically
would be wasted filesystem space, as opposed to a non-functional X.  I
contend that it is better to err on the side of filesystem cruft than
ease of use.

Thanks for listening,
Kevin

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.20050905a
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xserver-common depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]     1.4.58         Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-6        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  x11-common                6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc

xserver-common recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded

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Apart from xorg depending on xfonts-base, there is also
xserver-xorg-core that recommends xfonts-base nowadays. This has been
discussed in #400654. Closing this bug.

Brice

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