On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:01:05AM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote: > The latest version of lintian gives a warning about packages named > "xfonts-*" being anywhere but in the "x11" section. This change was > made in response to bug #878609. The decision for that modification > seems to have been made based upon the "x11" section description > including the word "fonts". > > Yet Debian Policy does not even say that font packages for the X > Window System "should" be in the "x11" section (or in any particular > section for that matter).
As a rule, sections are decided by the FTP masters and not by Debian policy. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
