[Fsf-Debian] rar/unrar

[Bryan Quigley]

> Personally I don't see why PDF readers should suggest a RAR format
> reader since the two are unrelated. There does not appear to be any
> rationale for these suggestions either.
>
>
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/e/evince/current/changelog#version0.8.1-2
>

Found the answer.  It's for a cbr comic file.  Checking the source evince
supports calling the following external programs to decompress a "comic"
file: RARLABS (nonfree), GNA UNRAR, UNZIP, P7ZIP,  TAR

In regards to the rar compression shareware package.  It would seem like
including this, even in non-free forces the recipient to use non-free
software.  I can't really see any benefit to it..  Anyone?

[Source]
http://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/tree/backend/comics/comics-document.c
[Related Bug]https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552074
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