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FS#46927 - [libwmf] Should not hard-depend on gsfonts

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jerome Leclanche (Adys) - Saturday, 31 October 2015, 13:18 GMT
Last edited by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:15 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 6
Private No

Details

gsfonts isn't actually needed by libwmf - maybe optionally by one of the binaries it provides. The dependency causes packages like The Gimp to pull in gsfonts, which in turn causes a bunch of mostly useless fonts to reside on user systems for no good reason.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Buggy McBugFace (bugbot)
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:15 GMT
Reason for closing:  Moved
Additional comments about closing:  https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/p ackaging/packages/libwmf/issues/1
Comment by Svito (chpii) - Thursday, 21 December 2017, 20:51 GMT
Any update on this?
Comment by battuta (battuta) - Sunday, 01 December 2019, 01:32 GMT
I would also like to see this resolved, and keep the fonts installed on my system the ones I explicitly need.
Comment by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Tuesday, 08 August 2023, 19:11 GMT
This is an automated comment as this bug is open for more then 2 years. Please reply if you still experience this bug otherwise this issue will be closed after 1 month.
Comment by Jendrik (corvus_192) - Saturday, 12 August 2023, 17:29 GMT
Still relevant.

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