Re Comment #1 - mostly because Inkscape *can* still be used without Potrace. I guess it's feasible that some platforms may not have a convenient Potrace package available, so adding a hard dep would make life difficult for those users/maintainers.
Re Comment #1 - mostly because Inkscape *can* still be used without Potrace. I guess it's feasible that some platforms may not have a convenient Potrace package available, so adding a hard dep would make life difficult for those users/maintainers.