[pkg-fgfs-crew] Bug#609529: simgear2.0.0: Shouldn't depend on nvidia-glx

[Ernesto Hernández-Novich (USB)]

Package: simgear2.0.0
Version: 2.0.0-1
Severity: normal

While upgrading my Sid box I noticed that the dist-upgrade wanted to
pull a bunch of nvidia related packages. I don't need them, since this
machine does not have such a video card, and after a brief investigation
it turns out the latest simgear2.0.0 has the following Depends

libalut0 (>= 1.1.0-1),
libc6 (>= 2.3.2),
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1),
libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1,
libglu1-mesa | libglu1,
libjpeg62 (>= 6b1),
libopenal1,
libopenscenegraph65 (>= 2.8.3),
libplib1 (>= 1.8.5-1),
libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0),
libx11-6,
nvidia-glx (>= 1.0.4349),
zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

I believe depending on nvidia-glx is incorrect, since it would tie the
library to a bunch of nVidia-specific packages that aren't strictly
required to run the software (I have run it successfully on ATI and
Intel hardware). Besides, the real dependency is to "any" OpenGL libraries
available, that being satisfied by libgl1 and libglu1; if nvidia-glx is
not satisfying them, then a bug should be filed against that package
instead of making this one depend on it.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-core2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash