Bug#457383: libgtk2.0-0: should libcupsys2 be a recommends rather than a depends?

[Josselin Mouette]

Hi,

On ven, 2007-12-21 at 21:44 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> Package: libgtk2.0-0
> Version: 2.12.3-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> gtk ends up getting removed if the user tries to remove cups from
> their system. this is because libgtk2.0-0 has a dependency on libcupsys2.
> it seems like this is an undesirable effect because gtk should be
> pretty much fully functional even without the printing system.  if this 
> is the case, then the depends on libcupsys2 should be changed to a 
> recommends instead.

This sounds like a reasonable request. I can see two ways to do this:
      * either we downgrade the dependencies for print backends with a
        number of hacks;
      * or we move them to a libgtk2.0-printing package that is
        recommended, and added to the metapackages.

I don’t like adding new packages much, but the second solution looks
saner. Of course, the drawback in both cases will come from the
countless “YOU HAS EATED MY PRINTER” but reports.

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