Bug#696185: [copyright-format] Please clarify what to use in License field for licenses not specifically mentioned

2019-10-07 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
I think its time to reopen the idea of requiring that _debian/copyright_ use SPDX tags when the license texts are an exact match. I think SPDX has progressed nicely, and has gone through a number of revisions to address the concerns of Debian and others. This then will greatly improve the machine

Bug#941803: debian-policy: dependencies on font packages

2019-10-07 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi Russ, On Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:42:20 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Guillem Jover writes: > > On Sat, 2019-10-05 at 21:44:25 +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: > >> It’s common for packages to strongly depend on non-X fonts they need; > >> see for example the reverse dependencies of fonts-dejavu. While

Bug#941803: debian-policy: dependencies on font packages

2019-10-07 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi Guillem, On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 20:08:20 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Sat, 2019-10-05 at 21:44:25 +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: > > The associated footnote explains that > > > > > This is because the X server may retrieve fonts from the local file > > > system or over the network from an X fon