On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Anthony Fok wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 1998 at 05:31:51PM -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > [ cc'd to _debian-mentors_. *Please advise*. > > This is concerning: > > <URL:http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/18/18026.html> ] > > > > Please Cc: pertinent responses to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Checking, I find that `gs-aladdin 5.10-3' and `gs 3.33-6' both have > > "Recommends:" dependencies on `gsfonts'. Perhaps these should be > > "Requires:" rather than "Recommends:"? Why are they "Recommends:" > > right now? > > Read the definitions of "Recommends:" and "Depends:" in the Debian Policy > Manual and you will understand why. <grin> Recommends is correct, > AFAIK.
This is also my opinion: gs can work also without fonts (most of the ps files define contain the definition of the fonts they use). Anyways, as jens says, it is possible to set up gs | gs-aladdin to use e.g. the fonts of X. More in general, a better management for the gs fonts is required (i.e., scripts to install/deinstall families of fonts). I am working on this, but this will require some time... Ciao, Marco
