On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Nicholas Breenwrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 08:19:08PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> Since the unsupported embedded t1lib code is now used in grace, this >> package should no longer be in testing. This can be fixed by >> converting to freetype. > > As has already been explained[1][2], the t1lib code used in grace *is* > supported by the upstream grace maintainer. That's not the same as supporting > all of t1lib, but grace doesn't even ship a complete copy of t1lib, just bits > and pieces it needs.
The problem is that it's a step backwards. Instead of updating to a supported/supportable/modern common library, now we have multiple copies in use of an old/deprecated/buggy library (xdivk did the same thing), and that duplication could have been fixed by jettisoning the packages that are dragging that code along... Maybe policy should be clarified for this sort of situation. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
