Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-04-01 Thread James Cloos
> "UM" == Ulrich Mueller writes: UM> So, removal of the package seems to be the only option that makes sense, UM> unless we would downgrade to that old version. Agreed. Cest la vie. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-04-01 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > I've sent an e-mail message upstream, asking for confirmation that 10.24 > can be used, copied, modified, and/or distributed freely. This is the answer from upstream (posted here with permission): | The license on https://dn-works.com/ufas/ is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-04-01 Thread James Cloos
> "UM" == Ulrich Mueller writes: UM> I've sent an e-mail message upstream, asking for confirmation that 10.24 UM> can be used, copied, modified, and/or distributed freely. cool. i hope useful info results. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-03-31 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020, James Cloos wrote: > The only license i can see in that zip is the line in the pdf (which > also says 10.24) that they are 'free for any use'. Ah, I hadn't seen that one. I stand corrected then. > If 10.24 is in wayback, 10.23 probably is as well. > The last usable

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-03-31 Thread James Cloos
> "UM" == Ulrich Mueller writes: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2020, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: >> Version 10.23 is here >> https://web.archive.org/web/20180129230141/http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola.zip UM> Actually, that zipball contains version 10.24, which is under the UM> restrictive

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-03-31 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: > Version 10.23 is here > https://web.archive.org/web/20180129230141/http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola.zip Actually, that zipball contains version 10.24, which is under the restrictive license already: $ fc-query -f '%{fontversion}'

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-03-31 Thread Alessandro Barbieri
Version 10.23 is here https://web.archive.org/web/20180129230141/http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola.zip Il Dom 29 Mar 2020, 23:20 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn ha scritto: > # Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn (2020-03-29) > # Old releases gone from upstream, new releases use overly restrictive

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-fonts/symbola

2020-03-29 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
# Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn (2020-03-29) # Old releases gone from upstream, new releases use overly restrictive # license. For ancient scripts and symbols, use media-fonts/quivira instead. # For emojis and pictographs, use media-fonts/noto-emoji instead. # Masked for removal in 30 days, bug