On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Paul Hardy [Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:21:39 -0700]: > > Hello, Paul. > >> Can you include the latest version of the package I'm maintaining, >> unifont 1:5.1.20080914-1, which is currently in testing? >> >> * Closes all known bugs (some of which had been open in Debian for years). >> * Addresses potential DFSG issues, notably with a replacement of the >> 11,000+ glyphs in the Hangul Syllables block. > > Thanks for your interest in getting a better version of unifont into > Etch, but rules for updating packages in stable releases are quite > strict: only fixes for RC bugs are allowed, and new functionality seldom > makes it in. > Adeodato,
The DFSG issue should be RC; that's the only reason I mentioned unifont. I replaced the Hangul Syllables block of over 11,000 glyphs after finding out that the Debian FTP team rejected the hanterm-fonts package because of DFSG concerns when the original Hanterm package was uploaded into Debian years ago. The release version and backport version of unifont in stable both contain a Hangul Syllables block generated from a font that was in the hanterm-fonts package. The hanterm-fonts package was listed as licensed under GPL in other flavors of Unix, but that turned out to be incorrect -- hence its rejection in Debian. If this is not a strong enough reason, I'll follow up with backports.org. I hadn't brought up a backport previously because I knew everyone was trying to focus on a lenny release. Paul Hardy GPG Key ID: E6E6E390 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
