It looks like this was introduced upstream in cups-filters (1.4.0-1).
Here is what the changelog says:
cups-filters (1.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
* Added dependencies on imagemagick (>= 6.4~), liblouisutdml-bin, and
poppler-utils to cups-filters, as they are needed to convert images, text,
and PDF to Braille, added antiword and docx2txt to Suggests: as they allow
converting Word files to Braille
-- Didier Raboud <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:04:23 +0100
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1562560
Title:
imagemagick is incorrectly set as a dependency - it should be
recommended/a suggestion
Status in cups-filters package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
imagemagick hijacks the pdf mimetype so evince is not auto-run when
double clicking a pdf.
Trying to imagemagick removes some vital cups and printer
capabilities.
Can't see a particular reason why its a dependency - at the minimum it
should be a recommended package to allow you to uninstall it.
Preferably it should be moved to a suggested package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: imagemagick 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Mar 27 18:19:38 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (105 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151209)
SourcePackage: imagemagick
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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