Bug#851339: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#851339: Bug#851339: Bug#851339: fonts-firacode: package in Debian with non-Debian build dependencies

2017-01-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Guys, thanks for taking the time to discuss this issue with me. Thanks for your patience, I hope the thread was interesting :) > Since I am the one who sponsored the 1.204-1 upload, I will also do the > next one. I will just re-upload

Bug#851339: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#851339: Bug#851339: Bug#851339: fonts-firacode: package in Debian with non-Debian build dependencies

2017-01-17 Thread Ben Finney
On 17-Jan-2017, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Paul Wise wrote: > > […] The issue is that there is no Free Software in Debian main > > that can build the OTF from source. […] > > But the OTF format itself is just as suitable a source format for > fonts as any other format. Why is it so important what

Bug#851339: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#851339: Bug#851339: Bug#851339: fonts-firacode: package in Debian with non-Debian build dependencies

2017-01-17 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Paul Wise wrote: > The issue isn't that they currently use proprietary software to > convert to OTF format. The issue is that there is no Free Software in > Debian main that can build the OTF from source. This is a clear > violation of Debian policy and that indicates the package needs to be > in