Package: sun-java6-fonts Version: 6.25-1 Severity: wishlist Usertags: defoma-removal
As found in a test in Bug #620385 [1], with minimal test program in [2], both sun-java6 and openjdk VM seem to be able to access fontconfig fonts without defoma support. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620385#25 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620385#35 Previously, the defoma hint was misunderstood to be needed for Thai Java app users, as some Java widgets appear to hard-code Lucida font for Thai rendering, which is only provided by sun-java6-fonts. But the tests above found that merely installing the font files in ~/.fonts without defoma hint also works. So, the hint can probably be dropped if no non-Java apps are found to rely on it. Instead, it can be converted to fontconfig snippet. Note that defoma is to be removed as a proposed release goal [3]. [3] http://wiki.debian.org/OldPkgRemovals#defoma -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=th_TH.utf8, LC_CTYPE=th_TH.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages sun-java6-fonts depends on: ii defoma 0.11.12 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f ii sun-java6-jre 6.25-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment ( sun-java6-fonts recommends no packages. sun-java6-fonts suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
