[Bug 1887507] [NEW] Please remove old libgtk2-perl from Recommends and drop dependency against gnome-icon-theme

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

Public bug reported:

Could you please remove old libgtk2-perl from Recommends and drop the
dependency against gnome-icon-theme?

libgtk2-perl and gnome-icon-theme is deprecated for gtk3 and replaced by adwaita-icon-theme.  
If I'm not wrong, gdebi only uses one icon from gnome-icon-theme, gnome-mime-application-x-deb, this icon is not available in adwaita-icon-theme. BUT, can be replaced by the package-x-generic (which is also available in other icon themes). On my machine this is the same icon as for the .deb and .udeb files. An explicit dependency against adwaita-icon-theme should probably be avoided as libgtk3 will already pull it.

** Affects: gdebi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: gdebi (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #831050
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831050

** Also affects: gdebi (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831050
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Please remove old libgtk2-perl from Recommends and drop dependency
  against gnome-icon-theme

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in gdebi package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Could you please remove old libgtk2-perl from Recommends and drop the
  dependency against gnome-icon-theme?

  libgtk2-perl and gnome-icon-theme is deprecated for gtk3 and replaced by adwaita-icon-theme.  
  If I'm not wrong, gdebi only uses one icon from gnome-icon-theme, gnome-mime-application-x-deb, this icon is not available in adwaita-icon-theme. BUT, can be replaced by the package-x-generic (which is also available in other icon themes). On my machine this is the same icon as for the .deb and .udeb files. An explicit dependency against adwaita-icon-theme should probably be avoided as libgtk3 will already pull it.

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