dependancy on xfonts-scalable unnecessary

[Pascal de Bruijn]

Binary package hint: xorg

Is the xorg dependancy absolutely necessary?

Bitstream Charter and Courier 10 Pitch clutter up my font list and I want to be able to deinstall them, but I can't before xorg depends on them.

I can't think of an application which really depends on xfonts-scalable to be able to function properly.

Can this dependancy be removed?

Please don't get me wrong I don't want them removed from the standard Ubuntu distribution. I just want to be able to deinstall them if I choose to.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Yes, that could be changed as Recommends, so it's installed by default but could be removed if necessary.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

fix committed in git.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xorg - 1:7.4~2ubuntu1

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xorg (1:7.4~2ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Bryce Harrington ]
  * local/Failsafe/failsafeXinit: Replace use of displayconfig-gtk with
    a simple troubleshooting/reconfiguration menu.
  * apport/source_xorg.py:
    - Add Xorg.0.log.old
    - Add xkbcomp and setxkbmap for keyboard bugs.
    - Add intel_reg_dumper for -intel bugs.
  * control:
    - Add xinput to xorg Depends so xinput is included in main

  [ Timo Aaltonen ]
  * x11-common.{preinst.in,postrm.in,postinstall.in}
    - Remove old conffiles that used to be in our xinit but have been
      left behind on upgrade. (LP: #243690)
  * control: move xfonts-scalable to Recommends (LP: #84938)

 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:33:40 -0700