[Bug 6320] xfig needs fig2ps to export eps files

[Daniel Holbach]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6320

Task: ubuntu xfig
Assignee: (unassigned) => MOTU

[Daniel Holbach]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6320

Comment:
Maybe a Recommends?

[zz_miguel]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6320

Comment:
I think that exporting eps is a very important feature, as it is the
default format in latex, but... I don't know exactly the rules to
choose "recommends" or "requieres"

Post by Daniel Holbach
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6320
Maybe a Recommends?

[Yann]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6320

Comment:
the fig2dev binary is provided by the transfig package which is already
recommended by the xfig package.

I don't use xfig enough to decide if the transfig package should be a
dependancy and not a recommandation but the same request has been asked
on the Debian BTS.

[Yann]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/6320

Bug watches changed:
+ Bug 273208 [Debian Bug tracker]

[Barry deFreese]

** Changed in: xfig (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal => Wishlist
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

[Daniel Robitaille]

This was marked "WONTFIX" in Debian with this comment:

"As written in the bug reports I still think that "Recommends:
transfig" is enough, because xfig also runs without this program
(there are other programs that can work with FIG format, too, so xfig
doesn't depend on transfig)."

[Bug Watch Updater]

** Changed in: xfig (Debian)
Status: Unknown => Confirmed

[William Grant]

As Debian said, xfig runs fine without it. Thus, Recommends is the right
place to be. As apt-get, aptitude and co. all install Recommends by
default, I'm rejecting this.

** Changed in: xfig (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Rejected

** Also affects: xfig (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=273208
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown

[Bug Watch Updater]

** Changed in: xfig (Debian)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

[Bug Watch Updater]

** Changed in: xfig (Debian)
Status: Won't Fix => Fix Released
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