Split the package into several binary packages

[أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)]

Binary package hint: acroread

Hello,

  I noticed that the acroread package on Canonical's partner repository isn't split between several small binary packages
as was done at Medibuntu. I think it would be useful to have it split between several packages, such that users would be able to install only the functionalities that they need.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

The plugin is very annoying, and people generally don't want to use it if avoidable. Disabling it in firefox/$BROWSER doesn't always work, so splitting it up is needed.

[Brian Thomason (brian-thomason)]

Hi Timo,

I tend to agree, but unfortunately, Adobe wishes for us to keep it in one package to match their own DEB releases.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Brian,

thank you for your updates on these issues. I know you are not the one
to make the decisions on this one. For me, I guess both bug 359638 as
well as bug 378321 are just another reminder not to install the sucky
Adobe-sponsored Canonical packages but recompile the ones from
debian-multimedia.org instead. They are MUCH better (somehow
incredible, isn't it?). My main reason to leave the Adobe packages
behind was their refusal to properly support the FF plugin.

Regards

Rolf