Re: Can Ubuntu font be added to a Debian repository?
Would getting this project done help? (DSIG digitial signatures for Truetype .TTF and Opentype .OTF fonts). It sounds like it would open the possibility for allowing the signing block to be used with open tools. https://github.com/sladen/fontsign - Original Message - From: "Steve Langasek" To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:39:16 PM Subject: Re: Can Ubuntu font be added to a Debian repository? On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 10:38:32AM -0400, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Garrett R. wrote: > > Is there a good reason why Ubuntu font is not found in Debian repositories? > Looks like it requires proprietary software to build the font from source: > https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~sladen/ubuntu-font-family/midstream/view/head:/midstream/SOURCES.txt Which differs from the majority of fonts in Debian main only in that the source is public. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
Re: Can Ubuntu font be added to a Debian repository?
On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 10:38:32AM -0400, Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Garrett R. wrote: > > Is there a good reason why Ubuntu font is not found in Debian repositories? > Looks like it requires proprietary software to build the font from source: > https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~sladen/ubuntu-font-family/midstream/view/head:/midstream/SOURCES.txt Which differs from the majority of fonts in Debian main only in that the source is public. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Can Ubuntu font be added to a Debian repository?
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Garrett R. wrote: > Is there a good reason why Ubuntu font is not found in Debian repositories? Looks like it requires proprietary software to build the font from source: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~sladen/ubuntu-font-family/midstream/view/head:/midstream/SOURCES.txt > Is there a formal way to request that it be added to a repository? Not sure if you are subscribed, so I quote from Andrey Rahmatullin's reply: > There is a formal way, and it was already done: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603157 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
Re: Can Ubuntu font be added to a Debian repository?
On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 01:40:27PM +, Garrett R. wrote: > Is there a good reason why Ubuntu font is not found in Debian repositories? > Is there a formal way to request that it be added to a repository? There is a formal way, and it was already done: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603157 -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature
