On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 12:13:00PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > From d5895ca185fa1d678a098697d9e1c601c84f45dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org> > > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 21:09:52 +0200 > > Subject: [PATCH] Allow strong dependencies on X font packages > > > The X server shipped in Debian no longer supports remote retrieval of > > fonts from an X font server, so it no longer makes sense to forbid > > packages from strongly depending on X font packages. On the contrary, > > since local fonts are now the only way for an X program to obtain its > > fonts, packages which require specific fonts to operate should depend > > on the corresponding font package. (This is already common practice > > for non-X font packages.) > > > Closes: #941803 > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <sk...@debian.org> > > --- > > policy/ch-customized-programs.rst | 17 +++++++++-------- > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > > b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > > index dbba4fc..dfe6ce4 100644 > > --- a/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > > +++ b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > > @@ -380,11 +380,10 @@ themselves. > > 1. Fonts of any type supported by the X Window System must be in a > > separate binary package from any executables, libraries, or > > documentation (except that specific to the fonts shipped, such as > > - their license information). If one or more of the fonts so packaged > > - are necessary for proper operation of the package with which they > > - are associated the font package may be Recommended; if the fonts > > - merely provide an enhancement, a Suggests relationship may be used. > > - Packages must not Depend on font packages. [#]_ > > + their license information). Packages which require one or more of > > + the fonts thus packaged should Depend on the font package; if the > > + fonts merely provide an enhancement, a Recommends or Suggests > > + relationship may be used. [#]_ > > > > 2. BDF fonts must be converted to PCF fonts with the ``bdftopcf`` > > utility (available in the ``xfonts-utils`` package, ``gzip``\ ped, > > @@ -617,9 +616,11 @@ installed in ``/usr/share/man/man6``. > > Window System, however, must abide by this font policy. > > > > .. [#] > > - This is because the X server may retrieve fonts from the local file > > - system or over the network from an X font server; the Debian package > > - system is empowered to deal only with the local file system. > > + In the past, the X server could retrieve fonts from the local file > > + system or over the network from an X font server, so packages were > > + forbidden from declaring a Depends relationship with font > > + packages. This is no longer the case: the X font server shipped in > > + Debian no longer supports remote font retrieval. > > > > .. [#] > > Note that this mechanism is not the same as using app-defaults; seconded, thanks.
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cheers,
Holger
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