Bug#1014345: eog: recommend heif-gdk-pixbuf

Bertrand Marc bmarc at debian.org
Sun Feb 9 09:11:33 GMT 2025


Hi,

I faced HEIC for the first time today, and could not open them with eog. 
My first move was to check the list of "suggests" for eog, and couldn't 
find anything relevant. Only after looking it up on the web I installed 
heif-gdk-pixbuf and got it working fine.

My point is, would you maybe reconsider adding heif-gdk-pixbuf as 
Suggests for eog ?

Although I understand there might be patent concerns, I believe 
"Suggests" is exactly the correct level of dependency, as it enhances 
the functionalities of eog, but it is perfectly fine not to install them 
: (Debian Policy 7.2) "Using this field tells the packaging system and 
the user that the listed packages are related to this one and can 
perhaps enhance its usefulness, but that installing this one without 
them is perfectly reasonable."

Best regards,
Bertrand



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