Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 17:35 +0200, Nicolas Spalinger a écrit : > At this stage, and since there's no automated functional self-contained > buildpath, we won't create a Debian-specific one and we'll package only > the final font files, we're mostly waiting on upstream for satisfactory > resolution of GNOME #644201 and #635383 (versionning, license metadata, > copyright and credits issues). I feel that for long-term maintainership > and best practises, these issues are important to get right before > inclusion into main.
I agree these are important issues and I appreciate your work on these topics, but I don’t think they should prevent inclusion in main. > >> I’m pretty sure the ftp-masters’ position on such topics is that as long > >> the sources are here, just installing the .otf files without rebuilding > >> them is fine. > > > > There are even font packages that contain only the binary font files > > (e.g. gsfonts) as long as the license is appropriate. > > Yes, and the ftp-masters are making the right decision here: removing > quality open fonts for which we don't have a full reproducable buildpath > just yet but which satisfy the 4 freedoms would be a self-defeating > measure and would seriously hinder lots of practical uses of Debian for > many users. Better work on upstream advocacy to release as much source > as possible (which can include a bunch of different files including the > .ttf files themselves) and improve the open font design toolkit. And in the meantime, include the fonts in Debian. Right? :) -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1303227689.31879.576.camel@pi0307572
