Bug#363579: No, gnome-icon-theme isn't needed

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mercredi 19 avril 2006 à 13:30 -0700, James Blanford a écrit :
> Package: libgnomeprintui2.2-common
> Version: 2.12.1-3
> 
> While upgrading to the latet version of libgnomeprintui2.2-common, I was
> informed that I would need to install four new packages, with a total
> installed size of about 12 megabytes.  I looked at the changelog and
> noticed the entry (referring to gnome-icon-theme), "Make it a
> dependency, after all it's needed."
> 
> Excuse me for my ignorance (and for being stubborn), but I've been using
> libgnomeprintui2.2-common for some time now and have never encountered a
> need for gnome-icon-theme.  I certainly have no personal use for them
> and I don't believe I even have a venue to display them.
> 
> No, I don't use gnome.  I use libgnomeprintui2.2 to provide a WYSIWYG
> interface for abiword, built without gnome support.
> 
> My suggested remedy would be to make gnome-icon-theme a "Recommends".
> Anyone installing with the installer, aptitude or apt-get install will
> have it pulled-in automatically.  Stubborn minimalists like myself will
> know how to avoid it.

libgnomeprintui relies on gnome-icon-theme being present for the icons
it uses. The configure.in explicitly checks the presence of this
package, that's why I think it is needed. 

Putting it as a Recommends: instead sounds reasonable as we haven't
received any reports of a failure without gnome-icon-theme installed.
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