Hi, On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:51:36AM -0700, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > I'm a bit worried that this needs to be fixed for > > > xpdf-chinese-simplified > > > xpdf-chinese-traditional > > > xpdf-korean > > > xpdf-japanese > > > > > > packages. The fix would probably be simple. It should probably be > > > hardlinks rather than symlinks considering dpkg behavior wrt symlinked > > > dirs. > > > > You can't hardlink directories though, so we might as well symlink the > > individual files. > > > > > I'd like this fix included in lenny so that we don't see a regression > > > in Debian for Japanese users. > > > > > > > > > There was a package in the NEW queue 'poppler-data' which should > > > really have fixed this bug. > > > http://ftp-master.debian.org/new/poppler-data_0.2.0-1.html > > > > > > That going into Debian sid would fix this bug also, but not quite sure > > > if it's reasonable to expect a new package to enter Debian lenny. > > > > I kinda think it's in poppler's domain to fix this; logically > > xpdf-japanese (etc) exists only to enhance xpdf. poppler-data appears to > > be a good solution. > > 1. poppler was theoretically self-contained, poppler-data was REJECTed > once and not yet part of non-free as of today. > > 2. Japanese users upgrading from etch would have xpdf-japanese > installed because evince (poppler) needed and used xpdf-japanese, and > natural upgrade path would be xpdf-japanese supporting poppler. > > These factors make adding support in poppler somewhat reasonable.
If the release managers would approve an update to xpdf-japanese I am happy to upload a new version including your patch, or for you to NMU the package. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]