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Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 01:24:03 -0400
From: Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Aaron Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Bug#92235: abiword: Please add freetype2-dev, libwmf-dev,
imagemagick to Build-Depends
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Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 04:52:57PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > The configure script in the wv directory checks for libttf, gdwmfapi.h,
> > and also for Magick-Config (which should be Magick++-config, so that's a
> > possible upstream bug). I'm concerned that without these, we may be
> > missing some functionality in the Debian abiword package. Therefore,
> > please add freetype2-dev, libwmf-dev and imagemagick to the
> > Build-Depends of Abiword.
>
> The functionality is minor for the benefit it provides, as I
> understand it. Those Build-deps could incur a huge number of runtime
> dependencies for people who just want to word process. I'm Ccing this
> to abiword-dev; perhaps they know what imagemagick, libwmf, and libttf
> would add to the feature list.
Hmm. I'm not sure I understand your reluctance. Are you concerned that the
binary or RAM use will grow too large? Most of the criticism I hear about
bloat is in terms of software complexity and the resulting stability and
security issues, but here the source already has that added complexity, why
not enable it in the binary?
If I want a text editor, I'll use emacs, but I think people expect AbiWord to
at least aspire to be a fully-featured word processor.
> > If I get some time, I'll investigate patching it to use Magick++-config.
> >
> > [Build-Depends bugs seem to mostly be "serious" from what I can tell.]
>
> This should be "wishlist" at most, since building with those libraries
> is completely optional and AFAIK non-standard. This is a feature
> request. Can you be more specific about what features you would like?
> Or do you just want additional dependencies? ;-).
You're right, my apologies. "Serious" is for missing dependencies which
result in build errors or major feature deficiencies (e.g. libgtk1.2-dev
missing from vim-gtk!).
Thank you again,
-Adam P.
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