We are currently working on packing the 0.6 beta into experimental, for that and all the following packets yes that dep will be moved to Recommends. Thx for filing the bug.
Greetings, Daniel Stender On 06.11.2011 03:33, cfr wrote: > Package: gummi > Severity: wishlist > > Please consider removing the dependency on texlive-latex-base and change > it to recommends. > > As far as I can tell, a tex installation is not necessary for the > program to run or to edit tex files. It is necessary only to process the > source. > > One might wish to use a tex editor without Debian's installation of tex > for two reasons. First, one might be using texlive from upstream under > /usr/local/texlive. Second, one might wish to edit source but not > process on a particular machine e.g. to use the same editor on a desktop > and netbook but only process on the desktop or to use an institutional > installation of tex for processing. > > Not all dedicated tex editors in Debian depend on a tex installation. > texmaker and texworks both recommend, but do not depend, on > texlive-latex-base. (And both work perfectly well on my machine in spite > of its absence!) > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-powerpc > Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages gummi depends on: > pn libc6 2.13-21 > pn libcairo2 1.10.2-6.1 > pn libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.0-1 > pn libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 > pn libgtk2.0-0 2.24.6-2 > pn libgtksourceview2.0-0 2.10.4-1 > pn libgtkspell0 2.0.16-1 > pn libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-1 > pn libpoppler-glib6 0.16.7-2+b1 > pn texlive-latex-base <none> > > Versions of packages gummi recommends: > pn texlive-xetex <none> > > gummi suggests no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
