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

[amano]

** Changed in: imagemagick (Ubuntu)
       Status: Opinion => Invalid

** Description changed:

- This is actually a regression in Disco from Artful, Bionic and Cosmic,
- where this was fixed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717951
+ This seemed to be actually a regression in Disco from Artful, Bionic and
+ Cosmic, where this was fixed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717951
  
+ In Disco the rather unprofessional ImageMagick icon was back. It was
+ hidden in Artful, Bionic and Cosmic.
  
- I tested this in the "Ubuntu", "Ubuntu on Wayland" and "GNOME" session and the bug is visible in all three instances.
+ As Sebastien Bacher points out below this is not necessary anymore. CUPS
+ does no longer depend on ImageMagick. People can simply remove it when
+ they don't rely on it anymore for other uses.
  
- 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
- ======
- 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
- =============
- 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.)
+ Marking invalid now.

** Description changed:

- This seemed to be actually a regression in Disco from Artful, Bionic and
- Cosmic, where this was fixed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717951
+ This seemed to be a regression in Disco from Artful, Bionic and Cosmic,
+ where this was fixed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717951
  
  In Disco the rather unprofessional ImageMagick icon was back. It was
  hidden in Artful, Bionic and Cosmic.
  
  As Sebastien Bacher points out below this is not necessary anymore. CUPS
  does no longer depend on ImageMagick. People can simply remove it when
  they don't rely on it anymore for other uses.
  
  Marking invalid now.

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Title:
  Drop imagemagick-display from the default install  [disco regression]

Status in imagemagick package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  This seemed to be a regression in Disco from Artful, Bionic and
  Cosmic, where this was fixed in
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717951

  In Disco the rather unprofessional ImageMagick icon was back. It was
  hidden in Artful, Bionic and Cosmic.

  As Sebastien Bacher points out below this is not necessary anymore.
  CUPS does no longer depend on ImageMagick. People can simply remove it
  when they don't rely on it anymore for other uses.

  Marking invalid now.

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