Bug#666276: librsvg2-bin: /usr/bin/rsvg is not shipped anymore

[Ben Finney]

package librsvg
clone 666276 -1
reopen -1
severity -1 normal
retitle -1 rsvg: document that this is deprecated, and provide proper documentation for replacement
thanks

On 30-Mar-2012, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Apparently this was an upstream change:
> 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580325
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=fd76212e2dc8e41b2c23d6e76c02cc7803da4a12

Given that the ‘rsvg’ command is documented, and ‘rsvg-convert’ is not,
it's small wonder that there are many packages still using the former.

None of the changelog.Debian, NEWS.Debian, etc. mention this deprecation.
The only mention I can find of it is in the internal Python docstring of
‘rsvg’ which is never output and is not documentation for the command.

I don't know how the upstream notified users of this – perhaps they never
did – but notification doesn't appear in the Debian package.

Please ensure that there is clear documentation of this change in the
Debian package, and in the documentation for ‘rsvg’ (man page and help
output). The new recommended tool needs documentation as good as the old,
and after that please allow sufficient transition period for users to
become aware that the ‘rsvg’ tool is deprecated.

-- 
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  `\                                     ignorance.” —Thomas Jefferson |
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Ben Finney <ben at benfinney.id.au>
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