Quoting Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > So, I can only confirm this problem. However I really fail to see why
> > this should be release critical. One may certainly tag it as "important"
> > but I somewhat object to it being "grave".
>
> It makes the font ugly to the point of unreadability when used as a
> primary font, such as for a web browser. That's how many of us are using
> it from prior experience with this problem. It's bad enough that the font
> is basically unusable for me as long as it has this bug, which is the
> criteria for grave.
Well, matter of interpretation, but:
grave
makes the package in question unusable or mostly so, or causes
data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the
accounts of users who use the package.
important
a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package,
without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.
The graphical installer uses ttf-freefont and this spacing problem
does not happen in it....
(btw it could be an interesting way to explore and try understanding
why g-i, which uses GTKDFB, does not have this spacing problem)
I have also tried using the font in Oo and, even though the bug is
there, I personnally do not consider it makes the font unusable for
*me*...
So, I'm not yet completely convinced that it deserves the "grave"
severity. It deserves "important" without any doubt....
Arguments you bringed, Russ (and Jan as well) justify the "major
effect on the usability of a package" but I think that mine justifies
the "without rendering it completely unusable for everyone".
I think that we all don't like packages go in testing with "important"
bugs and, more, release a distribution with "important" bugs....and I
really hope this bug will be fixed but, well, in the case noone takes
care of it, I would not like to see the whole D-I team being forced to
use another font because that one has a RC bug....which does not
affect D-I.
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