[Bug 1612822] [NEW] Don't build-depend or depend on jasper

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1. The current version of imagemagick in Ubuntu since at least 15.04 (!)
no longer supports jasper for JPEG2000 support but support openjpeg2
instead. See bug 1447968 . In other words, the current dependency on
jasper does nothing.

2. jasper will be removed from Debian really soon because it has been
abandoned upstream for a while.

https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/jasper-rm.html

3. From what I can tell, imagemagick is the last thing keeping jasper in
Ubuntu main. openjpeg2 is not in main yet, see bug 711061 .
Interestingly, jasper apparently was never explicitly reviewed for
inclusion in main and probably would not have been allowed in main had a
review happened any time recently.

I'm attaching a debdiff for sponsoring to remove the useless jasper
dependency. Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: imagemagick 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-33.52-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Aug 12 17:14:49 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-09 (124 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160408)
SourcePackage: imagemagick
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety
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Don't build-depend or depend on jasper
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612822
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