[Bug 1717951] [NEW] UIFe: Drop imagemagick-display from the default install

[Jeremy Bicha]

Public bug reported:

Impact
======
I'm proposing to drop the ImageMagick app from the default Ubuntu 17.10.

It is visible in the Show Applications view of the Activities Overview
so this could impact screenshots.

Justification
=============
imagemagick is a collection of commandline utilities for working with images, photos, etc. It is a required dependency for many things and will still be installed by default.

Bundled with imagemagick is the "display" app, which is an app with an
unusual, difficult-to-use UI. It was not intentionally included in the
default Ubuntu install but was only there because it was packaged
together.

I am proposing splitting the display app to a separate binary package so
that it is available for install for the few who do want to use the app.

I tried proposing this to Debian. See comment #60 on the attached Debian
bug but the Debian maintainer doesn't seem interested in accepting my
proposal any time soon. (I emailed him directly a few months ago too.)

List Notifications
==================
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2017-September/020534.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2017-September/007403.html

Other Info
==========
I will be attaching a patch for review by the Desktop Team here soon.

** Affects: imagemagick (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: imagemagick (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Package changed: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => imagemagick (Ubuntu)

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #675617
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=675617

** Also affects: imagemagick (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=675617
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Description changed:

  Impact
  ======
  I'm proposing to drop the ImageMagick app from the default Ubuntu 17.10.
  
  It is visible in the Show Applications view of the Activities Overview
  so this could impact screenshots.
  
  Justification
  =============
  imagemagick is a collection of commandline utilities for working with images, photos, etc. It is a required dependency for many things.
  
  Bundled with imagemagick is the "display" app, which is an app with an
  unusual, difficult-to-use UI. It was not intentionally included in the
  default Ubuntu install but was only there because it was packaged
  together.
  
  I am proposing splitting the display app to a separate binary package so
  that it is available for install for the few who do want to use the app.
  
- I tried proposing this to Debian. See the final comment on the attached
- Debian bug but the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to see the problem. (I
- emailed him directly a few months ago but he didn't seem that interested
- in fixing the issue any time soon.)
+ I tried proposing this to Debian. See comment #60 on the attached Debian
+ bug but the Debian maintainer doesn't seem interested in accepting my
+ proposal any time soon. (I emailed him directly a few months ago too.)
  
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Title:
  UIFe: Drop imagemagick-display from the default install

Status in imagemagick package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in imagemagick package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Impact
  ======
  I'm proposing to drop the ImageMagick app from the default Ubuntu 17.10.

  It is visible in the Show Applications view of the Activities Overview
  so this could impact screenshots.

  Justification
  =============
  imagemagick is a collection of commandline utilities for working with images, photos, etc. It is a required dependency for many things and will still be installed by default.

  Bundled with imagemagick is the "display" app, which is an app with an
  unusual, difficult-to-use UI. It was not intentionally included in the
  default Ubuntu install but was only there because it was packaged
  together.

  I am proposing splitting the display app to a separate binary package
  so that it is available for install for the few who do want to use the
  app.

  I tried proposing this to Debian. See comment #60 on the attached
  Debian bug but the Debian maintainer doesn't seem interested in
  accepting my proposal any time soon. (I emailed him directly a few
  months ago too.)

  List Notifications
  ==================
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2017-September/020534.html
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2017-September/007403.html

  Other Info
  ==========
  I will be attaching a patch for review by the Desktop Team here soon.

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