Bug#638914: libsql-translator-perl: Missing dependency on libgd-gd2-perl

[Ansgar Burchardt]

severity 638914 normal
tag 638914 + wontfix
thanks

Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano at tiscali.it> writes:
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

This is wrong: the main functionality is available even without
libgd-gd2-perl installed.  Just some additional tools do not work.

> $ sqlt-diagram -d=MySQL -o foobar.png foobar.sql --color
> Can't load producer 'Diagram' : Error loading Diagram as
> SQL::Translator::Producer::Diagram : Can't locate GD.pm in @INC (@INC
[...]
> The problem can be easily solved by installing libgd-gd2-perl. Please
> add the missing dependency.

There are many use cases that do not need libgd-gd2-perl at all, for
example libsql-translator-perl is recommended by libclass-dbix-perl and
a dependency of libdbicx-testdatabase-perl.  In addition the package
already recommends libgd-gd2-perl (or a variant), so it is already
there by default when you install libsql-translator-perl.

As I don't plan to change this, I'm marking this bug as wontfix.

Regards,
Ansgar