Bug#727309: unifont: New version available
I have had conflicting requests from Fontforge users on their preferred representation of Unicode unassigned code points in Unifont. So I have decided to put together a poll to solicit feedback from GNU/Linux Fontforge users on how they want those glyphs rendered. The poll is here: http://unifoundry.com/poll_unassigned/index.php Fontforge uses Unifont for its sample glyphs if Unifont is installed on a system. Because Fontforge users create fonts, many of which are free, Unifont truly has a multiplier effect in combination with Fontforge. So I want to make sure that most Fontforge users get what is most useful and intuitive to them in this next release (at least the ones who care to respond to the poll). I'll let this poll run for a week or two before finalizing the Unifont 6.3 release for Debian. I am eager to get the release done but want to let the poll run for a bit first. Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#730870: pu: unifont -- RoM; NMU Version in Stable Undoes Ubuntu Fix
Package: release.debian.org
User: release.debian@packages.debian.org
Usertags: transition
Tags: wheezy
Severity: normal
I am requesting that the version of package Unifont in Testing, unifont
1:5.1.20080914-4, be included in the upcoming Wheezy point release
primarily to align with Colin Watson's wishes for Ubuntu. Before the
NMU was uploaded to Debian this year, Colin made the following change in
the Unifont package on Ubuntu, for Ubuntu:
unifont (1:5.1.20080914-1.1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
* Use maintscript support in dh_installdeb rather than writing out
dpkg-maintscript-helper commands by hand. We now simply Pre-Depend
on a
new enough version of dpkg rather than using
'dpkg-maintscript-helper
supports' guards, leading to more predictable behaviour on upgrades.
-- Colin Watson email address hidden Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:43:00
+
The Debian NMU of Unifont made its way to Ubuntu and did not incorporate
Colin's fix, so the upload had the effect of removing his fix from
Ubuntu. The Unifont version in Testing does incorporate his fix, and
closed a bug that he filed on Debian (#659730) requesting this change.
These other significant changes were made in the version in Testing:
* Changed Section: to fonts for most debian/control entries to conform
to current Policy; the older x11 (and now incorrect) Section entries
thus no longer need overriding.
* Updated packaging to conform to the policy version suitable for Wheezy
Stable (3.9.4), notably for the revised font handling requirements.
* Added hardening to debian/rules.
Allowing this update into Stable will harmonize what is in Debian with
what Colin Watson wanted in Ubuntu; it will use a debian/control file
that does not require Section overrides during building; and it will use
hardening.
I am attaching the changelog.
Thanks,
Paul Hardy
unifont (1:5.1.20080914-4) unstable; urgency=low
* debian/control changes:
- Updated packaging to conform to Debian Policy version 3.9.4.
- Section tag is listed for each package; unifont-bin is in
Section x11, and all other packages are in fonts.
- Added explicit Depends entry for xfonts-utils for each package,
as per Debian Policy Manual 3.9.4 Section 11.8.5, Packages
providing fonts, item 9.
- Added Depends for fontforge to unifont-bin; removed weaker
Suggests for fontforge from unifont-bin.
* debian/rules - CPPFLAGS is now declared and used, for hardening.
-- Paul Hardy unifoun...@unifoundry.com Thu, 14 Nov 2013 05:16:42 -0800
unifont (1:5.1.20080914-3) unstable; urgency=low
* Changed debian/control unifont Section entry from x11 to fonts.
* Changed debian/control Depends entries for unifont and ttf-unifont
to add Depends: ${misc:Depends}.
* Corrected changelog entries for 1:5.1.20080914-2.
* debian/rules uses dpkg-buildflags to set CFLAGS LDFLAGS, for
hardening.
-- Paul Hardy unifoun...@unifoundry.com Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:55:48 -0800
unifont (1:5.1.20080914-2) unstable; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]
* Use maintscript support in dh_installdeb rather than writing out
dpkg-maintscript-helper commands by hand. We now simply Pre-Depend on a
new enough version of dpkg rather than using 'dpkg-maintscript-helper
supports' guards, leading to more predictable behaviour on upgrades.
(Closes: #659730)
[ Paul Hardy ]
* Applied above changes that Colin Watson provided in bug report,
simplifying debian/ file structure and making the Unifont package
more suitable for Ubuntu. The one exception is I didn't create
the ttf-unifont.maintscript file, because /etc/defoma/ no longer
exists on Debian or Ubuntu.
* debian/copyright - updated copyright and licensing information to
reflect the latest source code changes and license agreements.
* debian/README.Debian - minor change now that Etch is no longer
the current release.
* README - updated documentation to cover font modifications and the
latest license agreements.
* Corrected changelog entries for 1:5.1.20080808-1 and 1:5.1.20080914-1.2.
* debian/control changes:
- Build-Depends: debhelper (= 8.1.0~), per Colin Watson's above changes.
- No separate uploaders.
* Created debian/source/format file.
* Removed debian/TODO file as it referred to defoma, which is no longer used.
* debian/watch now looks at ftp.gnu.org for upstream releases.
* Accept NMU of Christian Perrier. (Closes: #634981)
* Accept NMUs of Paul Wise and Samuel Bronson. (Closes: #697999, #698067)
-- Paul Hardy unifoun...@unifoundry.com Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:39:56 -0700
unifont (1:5.1.20080914-1.3) unstable; urgency=low
* Non-maintainer upload.
* debian/rules: Split and inline install target into binary-arch and
binary-indep and adjust dependencies. (Without this,
dpkg-buildpackage -B ends up running the build-indep rules and dying
on the buildds.)
* debian/rules: Also fix so dpkg-buildpackage -j works, and only
Bug#730870: pu: unifont -- RoM; NMU Version in Stable Undoes Ubuntu Fix
user release.debian@packages.debian.org usertags 730870 pu thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#698191: ttf-unifont: Default Character should be U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER
This is optional under The Unicode Standard, so I had it listed in a TODO/What's Next list instead of listed as a bug. The Unicode Standard 5.0, which was the authority for Unifont 5.1, allows simply displaying nothing (The Unicode Standard 5.0, p. 155). Using the space character as a replacement character was common in BDF fonts, and Unifont is a BDF font at heart. The space character was used in Unifont as a replacement character from its early days. However, this is changed to U+FFFD in the latest upstream version. Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#698194: unifont: Wrong width for box-drawing characters (at least)
The Unicode Standard doesn't specify character widths on purpose, so you won't find such information there. So I had this listed as a TODO/What's Next entry rather than listed as a bug. This block is also not a copy of a Microsoft DOS or Microsoft Windows code page.However, the latest upstream version of Unifont includes this change.Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#698194: unifont: Wrong width for box-drawing characters (at least)
Accidentally sent the previous response as rich text instead of plain text. Here it is as plain text: The Unicode Standard doesn't specify character widths on purpose, so you won't find such information there. So I had this listed as a TODO/What's Next entry rather than listed as a bug. This block is also not a copy of a Microsoft DOS or Microsoft Windows code page. However, the latest upstream version of Unifont includes this change. Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#659730: ttf-unifont: use dh_installdeb maintscript support
Colin, Thank you for the patch. I will incorporate this. Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#727309: unifont: New version available
Reuben, I'm assembling this but it will be a few weeks. Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#497326: ttf-unifont: adjust combining mark positioning
Package: ttf-unifont Version: 1:5.1.20080820-1 Severity: normal thanks The unifont.ttf font handles combining marks such as accents as zero-width. This means that if they are used, they are superimposed on a following glyph. This is the way combining marks are entered on many Input Method Editors. However, it would be better if the positioning of combining marks were adjusted so that they are superimposed on a preceding glyph to match the Unicode Standard. This would improve Debian Unicode support. Paul Hardy GPG Key ID: E6E6E390 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#495729: unifont: Hangul glyphs use fonts with ambiguous licensing
Package: unifont Version: 19990430-1 Severity: important The unifont package has always used Hangul Syllables glyphs generated from Hanterm fonts. Versions of unifont up to 1:1.0-4 also used glyphs from Hanterm fonts in the U+1100..U+11FF range. According to Debian Developer Changwoo Ryu, maintainer of bf-utf-source, xfonts-baekmuk, and other Debian packages, the Hanterm fonts were incorrectly listed in FreeBSD and elsewhere as being covered by the GNU Public License. Changwoo has told me that parts of Hanterm are covered under the GPL, but not the fonts. Concern over ambiguity in the terms of Hanterm font licensing resulted in their not being included in the hanterm Debian package. Changwoo Ryu removed the existing Hangul glyphs from the file unifont.bdf in his bf-utf-source package, replacing them with Hangul Syllables glyphs in the public domain. The most expedient workaround to the Hanterm fonts license ambiguity for the unifont package is to incorporate Changwoo's Hangul Syllables block from the bf-utf-source Debian package. Paul Hardy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#490857: ITP: watermelons -- watermelon bouncing game
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:56:47 +0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#490857: ITP: watermelons -- watermelon bouncing game CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Peter De Wachter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * URL : http://www.imitationpickles.org/melons/index.html Source code contains a duplicated non-free font (HURRYUP.TTF from ttf-larabie-straight). The font might be duplicated, but I checked its licensing information and it is free. (I thought maybe if it were a simple font I could make one up for the game.) Here is the text information that the TrueType font Hurryup.ttf contains: === Created by: Ray Larabie Creation Year: 2004 Copyright: © 1998 Ray Larabie. This font is freeware. Read attached text file for details. Info updates visit www.larabiefonts.com. Donations gratefully accepted at www.larabiefonts.com/donation.html. Also visit my commercial type foundry at www.typodermic.com. This font was updated in 2004. Notice/Description: accents added in 2004. Larabie Fonts is able to offer unique free fonts through the generous support of visitors to the site. Making fonts is my full-time job and every donation, in any amount, enables me to continue running the site and creating new fonts. If you would like to support Larabie Fonts visit www.larabiefonts.com for details. === This appears at http://www.larabiefonts.com/help.html -- Embedding Larabie Fonts in any format is free of charge and you don't need our permission for embedding them in your software. The site does state that the use granted for his TrueType fonts don't apply to OpenType fonts. It could be that the font collection is non-free (I don't have the package at hand) -- he does mention that he didn't create all the fonts in his massive collection. He says he'll accept donations, but states that the font is freeware (not shareware). Paul Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#356594: ITA: unifont -- X11 dual-width GNU unicode font * New maintainer (Closes: #356594)
Package: unifont Binary: unifont Version: 1:1.0-1 Priority: optional Section: x11 Maintainer: Paul Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper, xutils Architecture: all Standards-Version: 3.5.0 Format: 1.0 Directory: pool/main/u/unifont I'd like to adopt this package. I've added thousands of glyphs to the unifont font downloadable on my website, at http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html. That website has the latest version of the font, plus GPL software that I wrote. Roman Czyborra, the original creator of GNU Unifont, asked me to get my changes into Debian. I am not yet a Debian developer, so I'll need someone to sponsor me. Anyone who is interested, please email me. Thanks! Paul Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Mar 2006 22:19:45 + : From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 12 14:19:45 2006 : Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Received: from meitner.df7cb.de ([217.160.132.97] ident=postfix) : by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) : id 1FIYs2-0001bT-Vj : for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:17:03 -0800 : Received: from volta.df7cb.de (dslb-084-058-200-028.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.58.200.28]) : by meitner.df7cb.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D966020C02F; : Received: by volta.df7cb.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) : id 02C1F42E4C; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:17:00 +0100 (CET) : Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:17:00 +0100 : From: Christoph Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: O: unifont -- X11 dual-width GNU unicode font : Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED], : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : MIME-Version: 1.0 : Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; : protocol=application/pgp-signature; boundary=sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu : Content-Disposition: inline : X-Debbugs-Cc: Bart Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] : X-Debbugs-No-Ack: please : X-Face: ([EMAIL PROTECTED](D\O)J!Qu\q4fh8W^7WGqxpwTkXy0*ya[EMAIL PROTECTED]/TA:l\PdewYj,M;75 N13_k}S.rS#lmX[G]QOuw[H4#z$tSn$SkVIurN'6;gkRFZw@/XLtl7:0vkN3*-iM~q*;.*CfH@ qM5ucV193Tz3IWj]8at(6K.ht//sDs,xMV9A\_bN/)[EMAIL PROTECTED]-dF34Kw?,G0ya : User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 : Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 : (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org : X-Spam-Level: : X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-14.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE, : X_DEBBUGS_CC,X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham : version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 : [Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)] : Package: wnpp : Severity: normal : : The current maintainer of unifont, Bart Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED], : has orphaned this package. : : If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- see : http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for detailed : instructions how to adopt a package properly. : : Some information about this package: : : Package: unifont : Binary: unifont : Version: 1:1.0-1 : Priority: optional : Section: x11 : Maintainer: Bart Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper, xutils : Architecture: all : Standards-Version: 3.5.0 : Format: 1.0 : Directory: pool/main/u/unifont : Files: : 3513978e0c17801b2414ba68f14dd9e6 562 unifont_1.0-1.dsc : e29392d03301f463802db1a310413bf9 628220 unifont_1.0.orig.tar.gz : 74eab69c16c9965ff923e141f7ebb2e9 4850 unifont_1.0-1.diff.gz : : Package: unifont : Priority: optional : Section: x11 : Installed-Size: 826 : Maintainer: Bart Schuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Architecture: all : Version: 1:1.0-1 : Depends: xutils : Filename: pool/main/u/unifont/unifont_1.0-1_all.deb : Size: 661894 : MD5sum: f8ea8a15561dea6d9510692e0f947a91 : Description: X11 dual-width GNU unicode font : The GNU unicode font is an X11 bitmap font in iso10646 encoding. It is : useful if you have X programs such as the yudit text editor that are : unicode aware. : Task: chinese-s-desktop, chinese-t-desktop : : : Christoph : -- : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.df7cb.de/ : [signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, inline) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
