Bug 355699

Summary:	media-gfx/inkscape misses dependency on media-gfx/potrace
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Borkenkaefer <b+bugs.gentoo.org>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Borkenkaefer 2011-02-20 15:07:44 UTC

I emerged inkscape and I wanted to use the function "Path -> Trace bitmap ..." to create a vector graphics out of a bitmap, but the function didn't work, because inkscape needs the (not yet installed) potrace package.

Expected: Install inkscape for vectorising a bitmap

Result: Vectorising doesn't work without potrace

Enhancement: Add media-gfx/potrace as dependency of the inkscape ebuild

Comment 1 Tim Harder gentoo-dev

2011-02-22 11:01:38 UTC

No, potrace is embedded into Inkscape as you can read here [1]. I tested bitmap tracing following the instructions found on the Inkscape wiki [2] on a system without potrace using inkscape-0.48.0 and they worked fine.

Closing as invalid.

[1] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Tools
[2] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Potrace