Russ Allbery dijo [Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 11:20:37AM -0800]: > > 2. Upstream tarball contains ttf-dejavu font. Linda found that and > > complained. > > Why? > > Sure, duplication of code is a bit annoying, but ttf-dejavu appears to be > a free font, so it doesn't hurt anything that the upstream tarball > contains it. The installed *package* shouldn't duplicate the font and > should instead just depend on the font package it needs (or possibly not > even depend -- if it's only accessing the font via X, it should only > recommend and allow for the possibility that there's an X font server > providing the font). But there's no harm that I can see in leaving the > font in the upstream tarball unless it's under some other non-DFSG-free > license, and you want to avoid repackaging the upstream tarball when you > can help it.
Oh! I have to agree with Russ: If the font is free, then just delete it from the target directory after building. Ship pristine sources. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
