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Package is "fontforge" Tue Jan 27 16:05:37 2026 rev:64 rq:1329048 version:20251009 Changes: -------- --- /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/fontforge/fontforge.changes 2025-11-24 14:10:51.917497215 +0100 +++ /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/.fontforge.new.1928/fontforge.changes 2026-01-27 16:05:39.381304594 +0100 @@ -1,0 +2,33 @@ +Mon Jan 19 02:51:42 UTC 2026 - Cliff Zhao <[email protected]> + +- Update fontforge.spec to get rid of update-desktop-files: + * It often duplicates upstream translation effort, wasting a human + work, both community translators and contracted ones. + * Most of these translations are ~20 years old, and they were never + reviewed, so it is possible that they are worse than the upstream + ones. In the last 20 years it did not provide any way to upstream + the changes and translations. The upstream translations got another + 20 years of development. Also Desktop Categories specification was + updated, and the upstream specification now covers all aspects of + former X-SuSE-* Categories extensions. + * As a result, the SUSE desktop menu experience differs from other + vendors. Applications have a different name, different translations, + different placement in the structured menu etc. + * Upstream translations have a wider impact. + * Package maintainers have only a limited control over the contents + visible to users. It is imported during the runtime, and the visible + contents could be different from the contents in the package. + * update-desktop-files is a complicated tool. It attempts to fix + deprecated and obsolete stuff in the desktop files without even + informing the developer that something was wrong and something was + modified. + * It uses a very complicated toolchain that requires access to SUSE + intranet and access to OpenQA VPN. The complete toolchain setup was + never published, so it has even problems with Open Source ideas. + * It mixes SUSE-unique translations with translations that just + duplicate the upstream translation effort. As a result it significantly + increases number of strings to translate and decreases the quality of + the translation. + (jsc#PED-14507) + +------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Other differences: ------------------ ++++++ fontforge.spec ++++++ --- /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.T6lnFf/_old 2026-01-27 16:05:40.073333969 +0100 +++ /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.T6lnFf/_new 2026-01-27 16:05:40.077334138 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # spec file for package fontforge # -# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC +# Copyright (c) 2026 SUSE LLC and contributors # # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ BuildRequires: python3-Sphinx BuildRequires: python3-devel >= 3.8 BuildRequires: readline-devel -BuildRequires: update-desktop-files BuildRequires: woff2-devel BuildRequires: xz BuildRequires: zlib-devel @@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ %install %cmake_install -%suse_update_desktop_file -i org.fontforge.FontForge VectorGraphics %find_lang FontForge find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print rm %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/html/.buildinfo
