Ubuntu
mnemosyne package

Mnemosyne doesn't recommend TeX tools

Bug #395626 reported by gwern
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mnemosyne (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mnemosyne

gwern@elan:~$ apt-cache show mnemosyne
Package: mnemosyne
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kde
Installed-Size: 1552
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Robert Lemmen <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2-0ubuntu1
Depends: python, python-support (>= 0.7.1), python-qt3, python-pygame
Filename: pool/universe/m/mnemosyne/mnemosyne_1.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 413250
MD5sum: c5912b11e7fc7669312eabcc96b1618f
SHA1: 99424288e7c690e3c528cb0064f9a42c04c5c512
SHA256: f15a669bd711af1986296e6b1c54b02ee02594e12933420e650e3afefc912b46
Description: spaced repetition flash-card program
 The Mnemosyne software resembles a traditional flash-card program to help you
 memorise question/answer pairs, but with an important twist: it uses a
 sophisticated algorithm to schedule the best time for an item to come up for
 review. Difficult items that you tend to forget quickly will be scheduled more
 often, while Mnemosyne won't waste your time on things you remember well.
Homepage: http://mnemosyne-proj.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

This should recommend or suggest the installation of the 'dvipng' package; otherwise, one cannot make use of the TeX math formatting features. (For normal use, one could perhaps never need it, so it doesn't make sense as a dependency.)

Tags: packaging

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/mnemosyne
Dennis Craven (dcraven)
tags: added: packaging
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Dennis Craven (dcraven) wrote :

I thought the Recommends relationship might be too strong for this case. The attached patch adds the dvipng package as a Suggests instead. Please let me know if this diff is appropriate as it is my first attempt at making such a change.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Re: [Bug 395626] Re: Mnemosyne doesn't recommend TeX tools

I think suggests is appropriate. Recommends are installed by default and I
think that's far to heavy to pull in normally.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thanks for the patch, however the way the changelog entry is currently written this bug report will not be auto-closed. Rather it should look like:

(LP: #395636)

Yours was missing a ' ' and the '#'.

Changed in mnemosyne (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Dennis Craven (dcraven) wrote :

Thanks for the tip Brian, that's good to know. I'm not sure if I should upload a new diff or if it's been already done. So I'll upload one anyway.

This new attachment is just like the previous one, but with this LP bug referenced appropriately.

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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

Uploaded. Thanks for your work!

Changed in mnemosyne (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package mnemosyne - 1.2.1-1ubuntu2

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mnemosyne (1.2.1-1ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * Add dvipng package as a Suggests. (LP: #395626)

 -- Dennis Craven <email address hidden> Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:10:51 -0400

Changed in mnemosyne (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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