Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org> writes: > Is the following suitable?
Yup, this looks great. Seconded. Once this gets one more second, we'll apply it. > From d5895ca185fa1d678a098697d9e1c601c84f45dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org> > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 21:09:52 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Allow strong dependencies on X font packages > The X server shipped in Debian no longer supports remote retrieval of > fonts from an X font server, so it no longer makes sense to forbid > packages from strongly depending on X font packages. On the contrary, > since local fonts are now the only way for an X program to obtain its > fonts, packages which require specific fonts to operate should depend > on the corresponding font package. (This is already common practice > for non-X font packages.) > Closes: #941803 > Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org> > --- > policy/ch-customized-programs.rst | 17 +++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > diff --git a/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > index dbba4fc..dfe6ce4 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > @@ -380,11 +380,10 @@ themselves. > 1. Fonts of any type supported by the X Window System must be in a > separate binary package from any executables, libraries, or > documentation (except that specific to the fonts shipped, such as > - their license information). If one or more of the fonts so packaged > - are necessary for proper operation of the package with which they > - are associated the font package may be Recommended; if the fonts > - merely provide an enhancement, a Suggests relationship may be used. > - Packages must not Depend on font packages. [#]_ > + their license information). Packages which require one or more of > + the fonts thus packaged should Depend on the font package; if the > + fonts merely provide an enhancement, a Recommends or Suggests > + relationship may be used. [#]_ > > 2. BDF fonts must be converted to PCF fonts with the ``bdftopcf`` > utility (available in the ``xfonts-utils`` package, ``gzip``\ ped, > @@ -617,9 +616,11 @@ installed in ``/usr/share/man/man6``. > Window System, however, must abide by this font policy. > > .. [#] > - This is because the X server may retrieve fonts from the local file > - system or over the network from an X font server; the Debian package > - system is empowered to deal only with the local file system. > + In the past, the X server could retrieve fonts from the local file > + system or over the network from an X font server, so packages were > + forbidden from declaring a Depends relationship with font > + packages. This is no longer the case: the X font server shipped in > + Debian no longer supports remote font retrieval. > > .. [#] > Note that this mechanism is not the same as using app-defaults; -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
