Bug#1026953: package updated
Greetings, The watch file has been fixed, and the latest version, now 3.000, has been uploaded. -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#709156: fonts-sil-abyssinica: new release should resolve issues
Greetings, I recently uploaded a new version of the Abyssinica font (2.201) and all the issues reported should be resolved with this upload (if not before). Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#1026950: should be fixed
Greetings, The watch file has been fixed, and the latest version, now 3.200, has been uploaded. Are you using Debian or Ubuntu? If Ubuntu, the latest version will eventually appear at https://packages.sil.org/ thus allowing an update before upgrading to a new release of the OS. Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#1051290: fonts-sil-gentiumplus: gentium plus v6.200 has been released
On 2023-09-05 14:09, Nick Black wrote: Gentium Plus v6.200 was released 2023-02-01. I'd really like to be able to use U+2227/U+2228 from this great font, among other recent changes. Please package the new version when you find time. Thank you! Thank for for mentioning this. I am trying to update this font and other fonts from SIL, but I am encountering difficulties https://lists.debian.org/debian-fonts/2023/09/msg00031.html -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#973779: ITP: fonts-sil-scheherazadenew -- Arabic script font designed in the traditional Naskh style
Package: wnpp Version N/A; reported 2020-11-04 Severity: wishlist Greetings, My team at SIL-WSTech is about to released a font not in Debian, Scheherazade New, that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil scheherazadenew Version : 3.000 Upstream Author : SIL WSTech URL : https://software.sil.org/scheherazade/ License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts Description : Arabic script font designed in the traditional Naskh style Scheherazade New, named after the heroine of the classic Arabian Nights tale, is designed in a similar style to traditional typefaces such as Monotype Naskh, extended to cover the full Unicode Arabic repertoire. The goal for this product is to provide a single Unicode-based font family that contains a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed for almost any Arabic-based writing system. This font makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic issues. This font provides a simplified rendering of Arabic script, using basic connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages, but may be considered unattractive in more traditional and literate communities. Two fonts from this typeface family are included in this release: * Scheherazade New Regular * Scheherazade New Bold This release supports virtually all of the Unicode 13.0 Arabic character repertoire (excluding the Arabic Presentation Forms blocks, which are not recommended for normal use). Font smarts are implemented using OpenType and Graphite technologies. It builds those binary packages: fonts-sil-scheherazadenew - Arabic script font designed in the traditional Naskh style To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: https://software.sil.org/scheherazade/ Fabian Greffrath or Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package. Debian already has the Scheherazade font in the package fonts-sil-scheherazade. While the new font is an update from the old font, the sizing of the characters has changed, which would change the layout of existing documents. Therefore, a new package is proposed. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#970400: grcompiler: diff for NMU version 5.2-2.1
Tobias and Bastian, I don't think the package needs to be delayed any further. However, I am curious to see how well it builds and passes the tests, since one commit [1] has not been added to this package [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=961444#24 I talked to the author of the recent commits, and it is not clear if the missing commit is crucial. Bobby On 2020-09-15 10:49 a.m., Tobias Frost wrote: > Package: grcompiler > Version: 5.2-2 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch pending > > > Dear maintainer, > > Bastian Germann has prepared an NMU [1] for > grcompiler > (versioned as 5.2-2.1) and uploaded it to DELAYED/5. Please feel free to tell > me if I should delay it longer. > > Regards. > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=969910 > -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#969921: new upstream only has Graphite tables, no OpenType tables
Package: fonts-sil-lateef Version: 1.200-1 The new version of the font, 1.200, only has Graphite tables for text shaping[1], but no OpenType tables. This brings up two issues. OpenType support is more widespread than Graphite support. Are all applications in Debian that have OpenType support using Graphite as well (or Harfbuzz with Graphite support)? Since this font is Graphite only, the name was changed from Lateef to LateefGR. Any documents using the name Lateef are not going to find the new font. [1] https://github.com/silnrsi/font-lateef/releases/tag/v1.200 -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#961444: marked as done (grcompiler FTBFS on architectures where char is unsigned)
Greetings, Is there a reason that the second commit [1] to handle this bug is not included in the patches? If it is, and I missed it, please point me to the patch. [1] https://github.com/silnrsi/grcompiler/commit/a02b9a8fbac211051472815b52ae3600a197b7ca On 2020-08-16 4:06 a.m., Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Your message dated Sun, 16 Aug 2020 10:03:29 + > with message-id > and subject line Bug#961444: fixed in grcompiler 5.2-2 > has caused the Debian Bug report #961444, > regarding grcompiler FTBFS on architectures where char is unsigned > to be marked as done. > > This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. > If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the > Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. > > (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this > message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system > misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org > immediately.) > > -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#926210: even newer upstream version
Greetings, The upstream version of TECkit is now 2.5.10. Can this latest version be packaged? Thanks, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#962981: ITP: fonts-sil-akatab -- font for rendering Tifinagh characters
Package: wnpp
Version N/A; reported 2020-06-16
Severity: wishlist
Greetings,
My team at SIL-WSTech has released a font not in Debian, Akatab,
that I would like to package for Debian.
Package name: fonts-sil-akatab
Version : 1.000
Upstream Author : SIL WSTech
URL : https://software.sil.org/akatab/
License : OFL-1.1
Section : fonts
Description : Akatab is a Unicode font for rendering Tifinagh
characters in the Tamahaq and Tamashek languages
Akatab ("writing") is designed to reflect a handwriting style and even
the "writing in sand" effect. This Character Inventory document
demonstrates the characters that are included in the font.
This font uses state-of-the-art OpenType and Graphite font technologies
to provide accurate typography including the formation of bi-consonant
ligatures. Variations of characters are included in the font to meet
personal and regional preferences. Documentation included with the font
package will show these variants and how to access them.
Historically this writing system has been written in both right-to-left
and left-to-right orientations. Akatab has the necessary characters and
technical features to write in both directions.
Inclusion of basic Latin repertoire is provided as a convenience, e.g.,
for use in menus or for displaying markup in text files. This font is
not intended for extensive Latin script use.
The Tifinagh block was first added to Unicode 4.1 and subsequently
amended up through Unicode 6.1. See the latest code chart.
It builds those binary packages:
fonts-sil-akatab - Arabic script font for the Kano region
To access further information about this font, please visit the
following URL:
https://software.sil.org/akatab/
Fabian Greffrath or Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package.
Regards,
Bobby
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Bobby de Vos
/bobby_de...@sil.org/
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Bug#958317: New upstream release (from a new location) is available
Package: fonts-eeyek Version: 1.0-5 Severity: normal Tags: upstream I was pleasantly surprised to realize that this font was already packaged in Debian. My group (WSTech at SIL) took this font a few months ago, with the approval of the original developer, and enhanced the font. The updated sources, and a release, are at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-eeyek -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#942606: ITP: fonts-sil-shimenkan - A family of fonts for the Miao (Pollard) script
Package: wnpp Version N/A; reported 2019-10-18 Severity: wishlist Greetings, My team at SIL-WSTech (formally NRSI) has released a font not in Debian, Shimenkan, that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil-shimenkan Version : 1.000 Upstream Author : SIL WSTech URL : https://github.com/silnrsi/font-shimenkan License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts Description : A family of fonts for the Miao (Pollard) script The Shimenkan family of fonts supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script. Eight language-specific font families are part of the project, each reflecting the particular preferences of that language community. - Salaowu - for Wuding-Luquan Yi / Hei Yi / Nasu [ywqa] - Sapushan - for Large Flowery Miao / Dahua Miao / A-Hmao [hmd] - Shimenkan Guifan - alternate for Large Flowery Miao using the Normalised Miao orthography [hmdd] - Shimenkan GSM - for Gepo / Bai Yi [ygp] - Shimenkan MAS - for Small Flowery Miao / Xiaohua Miao [sfm] - Shimenkan MGS - for Sinicized Miao / Waishu Miao / Hmong Shua [hmz] - Shimenkan Zonghe - for Aluo / Gan Yi [yna] - Taogu - for Lipo / Dong Lisu [lpo] It builds these binary packages: fonts-sil-shimenkan fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu fonts-sil-shimenkan-sapushan fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm fonts-sil-shimenkan-mas fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs fonts-sil-shimenkan-zonghe fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: https://github.com/silnrsi/font-shimenkan Fabian Greffrath or Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#942605: ITP: fonts-sil-mingzat - Unicode font for the Lepcha script
Package: wnpp Version N/A; reported 2019-10-18 Severity: wishlist Greetings, My team at SIL-WSTech (formally NRSI) has released a font not in Debian, Mingzat, that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil-mingzat Version : 1.000 Upstream Author : SIL WSTech URL : https://software.sil.org/mingzat/ License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts Description : Unicode font for the Lepcha script Mingzat is based on Jason Glavy's JG Lepcha font which was a custom encoded font. We have used his design with his generous permission. He also agreed to allow the font to be released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). The goal for this product was to provide a single Unicode-based font that would contain all Lepcha characters. In addition, there is provision for other Latin characters and symbols. This font makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies (Graphite and OpenType) to support the need for conjuncts and to position arbitrary combinations of Lepcha glyphs and combining marks optimally. One font from this typeface family is included in this release: * Mingzat Regular It builds those binary packages: fonts-sil-mingzat - Unicode font for the Lepcha script To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: https://software.sil.org/mingzat/ Fabian Greffrath or Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#900777: fontmake: fails to rebuild fonts-firacode from its glyphs source
On 2018-11-20 10:22 a.m., James Godfrey-Kittle wrote: > It's possible that this font actually contains illegal feature syntax, > which is still accepted by Glyphs. Or of course it could be an issue > with some component of fontmake; it's worth posting an issue on Github > to have it triaged (I was planning to do this soon when I have time). It is also possible that the font source worked at some point with the build tool chain, then the tool chain changed, breaking the build. I am not saying this is the case here, I have not looked into the details. Just to say I have seen similar issue with my team's own fonts where a font built with the toolchain, then the toolchain was updated (in one case to fix a bug), and the build broke. So in some sense, the source was not incorrect until the build system found it to be incorrect. Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#904147: ITP: fonts-sil-alkalami -- Arabic script font for the Kano region
Package: wnpp Version N/A; reported 2018-07-20 Severity: wishlist Greetings, My team at SIL-NRSI has released a font not in Debian, Alkalami, that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil-alkalami Version : 1.100 Upstream Author : SIL NRSI URL : https://software.sil.org/alkalami/ License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts Description : Font for Arabic-based writing systems in the Kano region Alkalami is the local word for the Arabic "qalam", a type of sharpened stick used for writing on wooden boards in the Kano region of Nigeria and in Niger, and what gives the style its distinct appearance. The baseline stroke is very thick and solid. The ascenders and other vertical strokes including the teeth are very narrow when compared to the baseline. A generous line height is necessary to allow for deep swashes and descenders, and the overall look of the page is a very black, solid rectangle. Diacritics are much smaller in scale, with very little distance from the main letters. This font supports the characters known to be used by languages written with the Kano style of Arabic script, but may not have the characters needed for other languages. This font utilizes state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic issues. Font smarts are implemented using OpenType only. We have no current plans to support Graphite. Two fonts are included in this release: * Alkalami Regular * Alkalami Light Regular It builds those binary packages: fonts-sil-alkalami - Arabic script font for the Kano region To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: https://software.sil.org/alkalami/ Fabian Greffrath or Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#873462: fontdiff might help
I wonder if fontdiff [1] might help compare renders. The existing tool would not be usable for this bug, as it compares two fonts (probably two different versions of the same font is the intended usage). But it does the comparison using two generated image files. So if you have two images (one from the old installer, one from the new installer) maybe there is code in this tool that you could expose to the command line to compare the already generated images. [1] https://github.com/googlei18n/fontdiff -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#869138: ITP: fonts-sil-tagmukay -- Tagmukay is a Shifinagh (also know as Tifinagh) script font
Package: wnpp Version N/A; reported 2017-07-20 Severity: wishlist Greetings, My team at SIL-NRSI has released a font not in Debian, Tagmukay that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil-tagmukay Version : 2.000 Upstream Author : SIL NRSI <fo...@sil.org> URL : http://software.sil.org/tagmukay License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts Description : Tifinagh Unicode TrueType font with OT and Graphite support Tagmukay is a Shifinagh (also know as Tifinagh) script font with support for the Tawallammat Tamajaq language. It is a Unicode font that features bi-consonant ligatures and alternate forms necessary to support this language. It has Graphite and OpenType tables that have the logic to support these features. It builds those binary packages: fonts-sil-tagmukay - Tagmukay is a Shifinagh (also know as Tifinagh) script font To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: http://software.sil.org/tagmukay/ Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package, or Fabian Greffrath might, as he sponsored the last font I packaged, fonts-sil-annapurna. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#868703: ITP: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq -- Nastaliq-style Arabic script font
Package: wnpp Version N/A; reported 2017-07-17 Severity: wishlist I had the wrong package in the previous bug. Sorry about that. Greetings, My team at SIL-NRSI has released a font not in Debian, Awami Nastaliq, that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq Version : 1.000 Upstream Author : SIL NRSI <fo...@sil.org> URL : http://software.sil.org/awami License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts Description : Smart Unicode font for the Nastaliq script Awami Nastaliq is a Nastaliq-style Arabic script font supporting a wide variety of languages of Southwest Asia, including but not limited to Urdu. This font is aimed at minority language support. This makes it unique among Nastaliq fonts. Awami means "of the people", "of the common population" or "public". The Awami Nastaliq font does not provide complete coverage of all the characters defined in Unicode for Arabic script. Because the font style is specifically intended for languages using the Nastaliq style of southwest Asia, the character set for this font is aimed at those languages. This font makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic issues. Font smarts have been implemented using Graphite only. We have no current plans to support OpenType. One font from this typeface family is included in this release: * Awami Nastaliq Regular It builds those binary packages: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq - Nastaliq-style Arabic script font To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: http://software.sil.org/awami/ Can a repo for the GBP packaging be created at https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-fonts/ ? Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package, or Fabian Greffrath might, as he sponsored the last font I packaged, fonts-sil-annapurna. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#868698: ITP: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq/1.000-1
Package: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq Severity: wishlist Greetings, My team at SIL-NRSI has released a font not in Debian, Awami Nastaliq, that I would like to package for Debian. Package name: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq Version : 1.000-1 Upstream Author : SIL NRSI <fo...@sil.org> URL : http://software.sil.org/awami License : OFL-1.1 Section : fonts It builds those binary packages: fonts-sil-awami-nastaliq - Nastaliq-style Arabic script font To access further information about this font, please visit the following URL: http://software.sil.org/awami/ Can a repo for the GBP packaging be created at https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-fonts/ ? Daniel Glassey can sponsor this package, or Fabian Greffrath might, as he sponsored the last font I packaged, fonts-sil-annapurna. Regards, Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#862936: ITA: fonts-sil-annapurna -- smart font for languages using Devanagari script
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2017-05-18 Severity: normal The current maintainer, Daniel Glassey, has requested that I take over the packaging of the fonts that SIL International produces, such as this font. Bobby -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#862226: XeTeX chokes if fontconfig returns a WOFF file to them
Package: texlive-binaries Version: 2015.20160222.37495-1 Severity: normal This issue was first filed under the fontconfig package, see https://bugs.debian.org/861938 for all the needed details. -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#861938: XeTeX chokes if fontconfig returns a WOFF file to them
HTTP server. Maybe a good question to ask are there any HTTP servers on Debian (and derivatives) that used fontconfig to locate WOFF files? FYI, I filed a bug about this issue with XeTeX [6]. Thanks, Bobby [1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/330195/how-to-set-up-the-font-scheherazade-for-use-with-xelatex [2] https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fonts-devel/2017-April/019338.html [3] https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fonts-devel/2017-May/019459.html [4] https://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2017-April/027069.html [5] https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fonts-devel/2017-April/019361.html [6] https://sourceforge.net/p/xetex/bugs/139/ -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
Bug#814238: TECkit source repo has moved
Greetings, * I notice in this bug that the version of TECkit is mentioned is 2.5.4~svn140+ds2-1. The most recent release of TECkit is 2.5.6, which is related to the next point. * Given that there is a string 'svn' in the version number I am guessing the TECkit sources are taken from an old location running SVN, the the new source repo is now on GitHub at https://github.com/silnrsi/teckit * The Debian packaging present in the GitHub repo has a diversion so TECkit will coexist with TeX Live. I used this packing to upload an Ubuntu package to SIL's own package repo at http://packages.sil.org/ * It seems to me that ideally TeX Live can be repackaged to depend on a TECkit package, thus eliminating the need for a diversion. -- Bobby de Vos /bobby_de...@sil.org/
