[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#380141: xdg-utils dependency too strong

[Ray R.]

Package: lyx-common
Version: 1.4.2-1
Severity: normal

The dependency on xdg-utils is a bit strong. It appears this dependency
is only there to get the xdg-open command, but this command is only one
of many alternatives called by configure.py.

xdg-utils depends on gksu | kdebase-bin, both of which carry a large
number of dependencies on gnome or kde libraries, neither of which are
required to use lyx.

This dependency should be a Recommends at most.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages lyx-common depends on:
ii  perl                          5.8.8-6    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  python                        2.3.5-11   An interactive high-level object-o
ii  tetex-bin                     3.0-18     The teTeX binary files
ii  xdg-utils-fake [xdg-utils]    1:1.0-1    Fake package to satisfy xdg-utils

[ I installed a completely empty 'xdg-utils-fake' package created by
'equivs' ]

Versions of packages lyx-common recommends:
ii  groff                1.18.1.1-12         GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  imagemagick          7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.9 Image manipulation programs
ii  libtiff-tools        3.8.2-5             TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-qt               1.4.2-1             High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mime-support         3.37-1              MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  psutils              1.17-23             A collection of PostScript documen
ii  tetex-extra          3.0-20              Additional library files of teTeX

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