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[Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed it's in the recommends field:
https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/s/scribus/control-1.4.4%2Bdfsg1-2
(otherwise apt would have removed scribus when you tried to remove
ttf-bitstream-vera), but recommended packages are installed by default.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 4:05 PM Pander <1393349@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Best is to drop it or keep it only as a recommendation. Scribus should
> be able to cope with uninstalled fonts.
>
> If you maintain also other packages that have font dependencies I am
> willing to review them if they are really needed.
>
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> Title:
>   scribus should drop ttf-vera-bitstream dependency
>
> Status in “scribus” package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   scribus should drop ttf-vera-bitstream dependency, it is unneeded
>
>   $ sudo apt-get install scribus
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree
>   Reading state information... Done
>   The following extra packages will be installed:
>     icc-profiles-free libpodofo0.9.0 openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt
> ttf-bitstream-vera
>   Suggested packages:
>     icc-profiles scribus-doc scribus-template texlive-latex-recommended
>   Recommended packages:
>     hyphen-hyphenation-patterns
>   The following NEW packages will be installed:
>     icc-profiles-free libpodofo0.9.0 openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt scribus
> ttf-bitstream-vera
>   0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
>   Need to get 20.3 MB of archives.
>   After this operation, 58.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>   Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
>   Get:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main
> icc-profiles-free all 2.0.1+dfsg-1 [549 kB]
>   Get:2 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe
> openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt all 1.2.1-4 [10.2 kB]
>   Get:3 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe
> libpodofo0.9.0 amd64 0.9.0-1.2 [466 kB]
>   Get:4 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe scribus
> amd64 1.4.4+dfsg1-2 [19.0 MB]
>   Get:5 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe
> ttf-bitstream-vera all 1.10-8 [352 kB]
>   Fetched 20.3 MB in 11s (1,771 kB/s)
>   Selecting previously unselected package icc-profiles-free.
>   (Reading database ... 218728 files and directories currently installed.)
>   Preparing to unpack .../icc-profiles-free_2.0.1+dfsg-1_all.deb ...
>   Unpacking icc-profiles-free (2.0.1+dfsg-1) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt.
>   Preparing to unpack .../openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt_1.2.1-4_all.deb
> ...
>   Unpacking openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt (1.2.1-4) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package libpodofo0.9.0.
>   Preparing to unpack .../libpodofo0.9.0_0.9.0-1.2_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking libpodofo0.9.0 (0.9.0-1.2) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package scribus.
>   Preparing to unpack .../scribus_1.4.4+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb ...
>   Unpacking scribus (1.4.4+dfsg1-2) ...
>   Selecting previously unselected package ttf-bitstream-vera.
>   Preparing to unpack .../ttf-bitstream-vera_1.10-8_all.deb ...
>   Unpacking ttf-bitstream-vera (1.10-8) ...
>   Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
>   Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1) ...
>   Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
>   Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
>   Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ...
>   Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.1-0ubuntu3) ...
>   Setting up icc-profiles-free (2.0.1+dfsg-1) ...
>   Setting up openoffice.org-hyphenation-lt (1.2.1-4) ...
>   Setting up libpodofo0.9.0 (0.9.0-1.2) ...
>   Setting up scribus (1.4.4+dfsg1-2) ...
>   Setting up ttf-bitstream-vera (1.10-8) ...
>   Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-10ubuntu2) ...
>
>   $ sudo dpkg -P ttf-bitstream-vera
>   (Reading database ... 220364 files and directories currently installed.)
>   Removing ttf-bitstream-vera (1.10-8) ...
>   Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.1-0ubuntu3) ...
>
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