Bug#541461: xboard: needlessly depends on gnuchess

[Nikolaus Schulz]

Package: xboard
Version: 4.4.0~beta1-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

please drop the dependency on gnuchess.  This is not a hard dependency;
playing chess online doesn't require a chess engine, for example.

The xboard package used to suggest gnuchess, which was just fine.  If
you think the typical xboard user wants to play against the computer or
let the computer play against others, then make the xboard package
recommend gnuchess, but please do not make it depend on it.

Thanks,
Nikolaus

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xboard depends on:
pn  gnuchess                      <none>     (no description available)
ii  libc6                         2.9-24     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxpm4                       1:3.5.7-2  X11 pixmap library
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.5-3  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xaw3dg                        1.5+E-17   Xaw3d widget set

Versions of packages xboard recommends:
ii  xfonts-100dpi                 1:1.0.0-4  100 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-75dpi                  1:1.0.0-4  75 dpi fonts for X

Versions of packages xboard suggests:
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-em 2.26.2-2   The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]   244-2      X terminal emulator

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