On 19.III.2001 at 18:50 (-0500) Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:20:16PM +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > Just for your information. The command dh_installxfonts is changed in > > version 3.0.12 of debhelper. > > Okay, but it will have to change again soon. (That's what happens when you > try to make X policy in lieu of the X maintainer.) > > I'm preparing 4.0.2-11 now, and it will include a new command, > update-fonts-dir. > > I'd like to test various font packages with that, and then if everything > works out okay, issue a policy revision that asks font packages to depend > on xutils (>> 4.0.3), since I'll be putting out 4.0.3-1 (or -0pre1v1) > shortly after 4.0.2-11. > > I appreciate your input on this issue but not your way of going about it. > Instead of filing a lot of critical(!) bugs, you should have brought it up > on debian-policy.
I followed the instructions in the Debian Developers Reference. I presented the problem in debian-devel and waited the end of the discussion and another week. Then I reported the bug against your package xfonts-scalable and proposed that you make X policy for font packages, because you will be able to make it better than me. Then I waited another one week (and more) for some response from you. Only then I submitted critical bug reports against another two font packages. I would like to say, that I have not done anything that is against the written in the discussion on this theme in debian-devel and I have not tried to make X policy in lieu of the X maintainer. Three font packages had bug with critical severity (make unrelated software on the system to break) and they needed fast fix. I proposed such fix to their maintainers and I hope this fix works now when there is no X font policy. These three packages can not wait for policy change, because the policy change is slow procedure. Please don't consider my actions as an attempt to make an unofficial X policy. Anton Zinoviev, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
