On 07/04/11 19:09, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am 06.04.2011 15:13, schrieb Josselin Mouette: >> What is exactly preventing the upload then? Is it about the build system >> not regenerating fonts automatically? > > I am still not sure myself... > > Nicolas, what are the exact single issues that you think prevent us from > uploading the cantarell fonts package to experimental (I mean > package-wise)? GNOME 3 is out and I have been asked by several people > within the last few days about the status of these fonts.
At this stage, and since there's no automated functional self-contained buildpath, we won't create a Debian-specific one and we'll package only the final font files, we're mostly waiting on upstream for satisfactory resolution of GNOME #644201 and #635383 (versionning, license metadata, copyright and credits issues). I feel that for long-term maintainership and best practises, these issues are important to get right before inclusion into main. >> I’m pretty sure the ftp-masters’ position on such topics is that as long >> the sources are here, just installing the .otf files without rebuilding >> them is fine. > > There are even font packages that contain only the binary font files > (e.g. gsfonts) as long as the license is appropriate. Yes, and the ftp-masters are making the right decision here: removing quality open fonts for which we don't have a full reproducable buildpath just yet but which satisfy the 4 freedoms would be a self-defeating measure and would seriously hinder lots of practical uses of Debian for many users. Better work on upstream advocacy to release as much source as possible (which can include a bunch of different files including the .ttf files themselves) and improve the open font design toolkit. > - Fabian Cheers, -- Nicolas Spalinger, SIL NRSI volunteer - http://scripts.sil.org Debian fonts task force - http://pkg-fonts.alioth.debian.org Open font community - http://planet.open-fonts.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org