Public bug reported:
For ages (as in, pretty much forever), tetex-bin has included a copy of
libgraphite in its sources, and has built and linked this copy
statically. Very recently, Debian has switched from using the static
copy to using the system library, as shipped by silgraphite2.0. At the
same time, they've also removed the static library from the upstream
tarball so, short of repacking our own version, we should probably
follow down the same road as they have here.
Availability: Package is in universe and built on all arches.
Rationale: See above, the sources always were in main (though hidden in
tetex-bin), and built and linked statically, this is just removing that
copy and using the system version instead.
Security, QA, and Maint: silgraphite2.0 is, to be fairly, somewhat
unmaintained in both Debian and Ubuntu but, conversely, so was the local
copy that was shipped wholesale in the tetex sources. I don't really
see this as much of a step backward, and Debian's shift to using the
system version may well lead to it becoming a focal point should it
cause issues. Seems like a net win to me, even if the current "it
hasn't seen many uploads" thing looks unpleasant.
** Affects: silgraphite2.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[MIR] silgraphite2.0
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