[Bug 1819503] [NEW] Drop imagemagick-display from the default install [disco regression]

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This is actually a regression in Disco from Artful, Bionic and Cosmic,
where this was fixed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717951


I tested this in the "Ubuntu", "Ubuntu on Wayland" and "GNOME" session and the bug is visible in all three instances.

Since the update to Disco the rather unprofessional ImageMagick icon is
back. It was removed in Artful, Bionic and Cosmic for the following
reasons, perfectly summed up by Jeremy Bicha (a copy and paste from Bug
#171951):


Impact
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I'm proposing to drop the ImageMagick app from the default Ubuntu 17.10.

It is visible in the Show Applications view of the Activities Overview
so this could impact screenshots.

Justification
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imagemagick is a collection of commandline utilities for working with images, photos, etc. It is a required dependency for many things and will still be installed by default.

Bundled with imagemagick is the "display" app, which is an app with an
unusual, difficult-to-use UI. It was not intentionally included in the
default Ubuntu install but was only there because it was packaged
together.

I am proposing splitting the display app to a separate binary package so
that it is available for install for the few who do want to use the app.

I tried proposing this to Debian. See comment #60 on the attached Debian
bug but the Debian maintainer doesn't seem interested in accepting my
proposal any time soon. (I emailed him directly a few months ago too.)

** Affects: imagemagick (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Opinion

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Drop imagemagick-display from the default install  [disco regression]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819503
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