Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-10-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
ok, so i don't know enough about the policy on package updates when getting near to a release. i'm trying to push for this update because i think it is important, but you are probably doing the right thing by trying not to cause any breakages or increase RC bugs. anyway, once etch ships, this pa

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-10-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
i completely understand your point. the issue is that the tahoma font is included within an archive inside of an archive. this is why there is the exception, and this is the only redistributable microsoft package that includes tahoma. as for the file size issue, i agree that it is horrible that

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-10-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
If it was just a line extra in the list of md5sums I'd definately include it, now I'm more inclined to at least postpone this a bit. well that pretty much what the patch boils down to. one line in the md5sums, plus the exception to pull out tahoma.ttf from the Viewer1.cab archive within the wd9

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-10-14 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hi Mike, On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 18:47 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > If you take a look at the patch in detail, you will see that it is > actually quite trivial. The majority is actually just fixed > formatting. The debian package is nothing like upstream (the source > has nothing in common), an

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-10-12 Thread Michael Gilbert
If you take a look at the patch in detail, you will see that it is actually quite trivial. The majority is actually just fixed formatting. The debian package is nothing like upstream (the source has nothing in common), and my fix for this issue is not applicable to upstream (only the debian pack

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-10-12 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
retitle 380294 #380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that includes tahoma.ttf severity 380294 wishlist thanks Hello Mike, > i decided to take a stab at adding support for the tahoma font > download myself. please review the attached patch. > > note that the license file in wd97vwr32.ex

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-07-28 Thread Michael Gilbert
tag 380294 patch quit i decided to take a stab at adding support for the tahoma font download myself. please review the attached patch. note that the license file in wd97vwr32.exe has the same wording as the licenses for the other fonts included in this package, so this should be good to go. m

Bug#380294: new msttcorefonts upstream available that uncludes tahoma.ttf

2006-07-28 Thread Michael Gilbert
Package: msttcorefonts Version: 1.2 Severity: normal there are quite a few (wine) applications that require the tahoma font. msttcorefonts 1.2 does not currently install this font. however, then new upstream version does (http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/). please upgrade the debian package to t