Brian C. White writes (Re: Bug#4261: Ghostview and virtual package
postscript_viewer):
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Yes, [something] _is_ what should be done. install-mime handles
multiple entries for the same mime-type. Thus, if both ghostview
and gv get installed, the user is given the choice of which is to
have
Package: ghostview
Version: 1.5-8
Ghostview should install itself into the /etc/mailcap entry so mime
compatible programs can use it to view postscript documents.
I suggest making ghostview Recommends: mime-support and adding the
following to the install scripts:
debian.postinst
No, that isn't what should be done, or at least not the only thing.
I'm on my way to produce a second posctscript-viewer (front-end to gs)
called gv, that is in some ways much better than ghostview, though there
are too many differences in the user interface to drop ghostview instead.
Yes, it
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