Hi, Bobby de Vos <bobby_de...@sil.org> wrote: > Greetings, > > I am maintaining the package fonts-sil-abyssinica, and noticed that the > current packaging (done by someone other than myself, so I am trying to > learn what is needed) > > - produces a udeb so the font can be used by the Debian installer > - modifies the font for the installer by removing many Latin characters, > presumably to save space. > > The remove of some of the Latin characters is done with FontForge, which > (unless some extra steps are taken) does not make for a reproducible build. > > https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/fonts-sil-abyssinica.html > > Other SIL fonts that are used in the Debian installer, such as > - fonts-sil-padauk > - fonts-sil-scheherazade > do not modify the font for the Debian installer. > > So I have some questions > - Is modifying the font still needed for the installer? > - If needed, why modify abyssinica and not something like padauk? > - If needed, is there a better script to use? > > The thread that started this issue is at > https://lists.debian.org/debian-fonts/2019/09/msg00033.html
maybe I'm wrong here, but I fear that all people involved in this "stripped fonts" thingy are no longer active here, so I'm unsure what the outcome on this here can be... Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076