Public bug reported:
Please, drop the unneeded font dependency in python-matplotlib-data on
ttf-bitstream-vera. Upon inspection, only templates in this software
refer to this font but also to other fonts such as DejaVu.
The software uses graceful degradation when the certain font is not
found. In general, hard dependencies on font are not desirable. This is
especially the case for a well-known font such as this which is also
distributed via TeX Live.
When a font is offered by both APT and TeX Live, it is easier for users
to solve this conflict when font packages can be deinstalled. However,
with unneeded dependencies that is a problem for the user as APT cannot
purge font package without breaking dependencies.
Alternatively, this dependency could be downgraded to a recommendation
or a suggestion. Ideally, the dependency is removed all together.
** Affects: matplotlib (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: font packaging python xenial yakkety
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Drop unneeded font dependency in python-matplotlib-data
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