Include "PDF" in package description for apt search
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zathura (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
The zathura package doesn't show up when searching for packages with "PDF" in their descriptions (such as with apt search pdf) making it harder for somebody searching for a PDF viewer to find it.
Obviously the zathura package itself doesn't directly include the PDF support, but since zathura depends on zathura-
For instance changing the first line of its description from:
“zathura is a document viewer with a minimalistic and space saving interface.”
to something like
“zathura is a document viewer for PDF and other formats, with a minimalistic and space saving interface.”
would make the description more useful, and Zathura more findable.
The zathura-pdf-poppler package obviously does show up in apt search pdf, but that doesn't necessarily help somebody searching for a PDF viewer. Its description is simply “PDF support for zathura”; if you don't already know what Zathura is, then there's nothing in that description which indicates that this will provide a PDF viewer, rather than adding PDF support to any other kind of software. Especially if you haven't heard of Poppler either.
Changing zathura-
This bug was fixed in the package zathura - 0.5.4-1
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zathura (0.5.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream version 0.5.4
-- Sebastian Ramacher <email address hidden> Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:05:39 +0100