[Design-devel] Bug#766843: Bug#766843: design-desktop-graphics: please also include krita

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Hi Martin,

Quoting Martin Steigerwald (2014-10-26 10:57:43)
> you currently have
> 
> merkaba:~> apt-cache show design-desktop-graphics | grep Depends
> Depends: design-desktop, bookletimposer, compass-blueprint-plugin, 
> compass-color-schemer-plugin, compass-fancy-buttons-plugin, 
> compass-h5bp-plugin, compass-layoutgala-plugin, 
> compass-normalize-plugin, compass-singularitygs-plugin, 
> compass-slickmap-plugin, compass-susy-plugin, compass-toolkit-plugin, 
> compass-yui-plugin, diffpdf, gimp, gimp-lensfun, gimp-plugin-registry, 
> gtk-vector-screenshot, inkscape, libpdf-reuse-perl, libpodofo-utils, 
> librsvg2-bin, mypaint, mypaint-data-extras, pdfposter, pdfshuffler, 
> poppler-utils, python-cairosvg, python-scour, qpdf, ruby-compass, 
> ruby-sass, scribus, shotwell

(as a sidenote, the compass packages should be included only in the web 
blend - that has since been corrected).


> I think Krita would be a really nice addition to that.
> 
> https://krita.org/
> 
> The recent version (2.8.5) of it is packaged in Debian currently.
> 
> Or maybe do "gimp | krita" so people can choose? Or add Krita as 
> recommends.
> 
> I think its a good idea to make people aware that Krita can be used as 
> an alternative. For the little work I do I mostly use Krita meanwhile 
> as I find it easier to work with.
> 
> I bet you do not want to overload the meta package with dependencies, 
> but…
> Krita is really a huge one to omit and you have mypaint in there as 
> well.

Yes, Krita is sure relevant to include.  Thanks for reporting that!

Its strong ties with KDE is a problem for some, however, both for its 
size (it pulls in 3-400MB on an otherwise non-KDE system) and getting a 
consistent user experience across applications gets more challenging.

Conversely some may want to mix design tools with the KDE desktop, and 
currently they will get the XFCE desktop as unneeded "baggage".

At its current stage the Debian design blends are only targeted use with 
Xfce.  I will postpone inclusion of Krita until we have redesigned (pun 
intended) the packaging structure to better handle integration with 
multiple desktop environments.


 - Jonas

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