On  4.09.08, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> > On  3.09.08, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > In Debian, latex-xft-fonts is "suggested". I agree that the more
> > > convincing "recommended" might be the better choice but there is no
> > > need to "require" latex-xft-fonts. 

> i don't know how debian has handled this, but note, that lyx is shipped
> with bakoma fonts already, so there is no need to even recommend
> latex-xft-fonts; the only thing is that apt-get install those files
> correctly.

The Debian lyx package does not ship the bakoma fonts. 

As there are more packages that need the latex math fonts as ttf, packing
them separately in Debian is fine.

However, as the fonts and LyX are "found together ... in all but unusual
installations", the dependency should be changed to "Recommends".
(@Sven: Should I still file a bug report?)

Günter

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