On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 01:23:09PM +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > Hi, > > NEWS.Debian is below (yes, package"S" and more). > > Upstream development of the kochi fonts has been discontinued. The author > of these fonts suggests as a replacement the use of the kochi-based > "sazanami" fonts (in Debian, the packages ttf-sazanami-mincho and > ttf-sazanami-gothic). These fix several glyphs which are corrupted in the > kochi fonts. > > > On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:35:56 +0200 > Gaudenz Steinlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And should I change its description, too? > > > > Probably yes. You could add a "deprecation warning" to the description. > > This way new users > > clearly see, that this package should no longer be used and is only > > available for > > compatibility reasons with not yet migrated packages. > > from descriptions > > ... > Transition waring: Upstream development of the kochi fonts has been > discontinued. The author of this font suggests as a replacement the use of > the kochi-based "sazanami" font. So if you want to use this package, please > consider using "ttf-sazanami-mincho", instead. > > and > > ... > Transition waring: Upstream development of the kochi fonts has been > discontinued. The author of this font suggests as a replacement the use of > the kochi-based "sazanami" font. So if you want to use this package, please > consider using "ttf-sazanami-gothic", instead. > > > If it's okay, I'll upload it.
I'd say go for it with Justins corrections. It would be nice to also ask for a freeze exception for this change. I think it should be possible as it only changes descriptive texts and this is really an improvement for the users of lenny. Gaudenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
