Quoting Fabian Greffrath (2020-12-21 15:01:21) > Am Sonntag, den 20.12.2020, 14:10 +0100 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard: > > This package has been superseded by fonts-urw-base35, which contains > > the same fonts but a newer release and using policy-compliant > > package name. > > indeed, I have prepared fonts-urw-base35 to take over both gsfonts and > gsfonts-x11 since the very beginning: > > https://salsa.debian.org/fonts-team/fonts-urw-base35/-/blob/master/debian/control#L15 > > However, I have hesitated to do so. The reason is that we have the > urwcyr fork in the gsfonts package, and last time I checked not all > cyrillic glyphs that this fork added were also available in the urw > releases. > > > Setting severity to serious, as this package is not fit for release. > > Why do you think the package is not fit for release? Because it did > not have a maintainer upload for the last 10 years? It is static font > data, after all? Or because it does not follow a naming convention > that isn't even Debian policy?
Because two font packages provide same font - i.e. registers same font id with fontconfig. Feel free to lower severity or repurpose as a wishlist request to document what is notable about this font over fonts-urw-base35, or whatever - I have no strong attachment to this issue, it can linger for another 10 years without me noticing much... - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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