Bug#520844: evince: ghostscript as a recommends

[Michael S. Gilbert]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:54:14 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > i presume that a new install via debian-installer does not circumvent
> > apt's default behavior.  is there any reason to think that this is not
> > the case?
> 
> It is disabled during initial installation, but even if it wasn’t, and
> even if the default installation included it, I’d still consider
> removing libspectre from the dependencies a very bad idea.

wasn't part of the philosophy of moving to "recommends as default" to
give user's more power and flexibility in maintaining their system --
specifically if they want to trim out the fat from the stuff that they
never/rarely use?

> We received several bug reports because of some rhythmbox plugins that
> didn’t work when you don’t install the Recommends. Believe me, for
> something as fundamental as PostScript support in evince, we would be
> drowning under bugs.

but that's easy to deal with.  just say "thanks for the report.  please
reinstall with all recommends, $ apt-get --reinstall install evince.
see <x> and read <doc> for more info. closing."

mike