Quoting Paul Wise (pabs@debian.org): > > * ttf-inconsolata has a VERSION too low: the version in stable is > > 001.009-1 (and still has defoma hints), and the preinst removes the > > hints only for upgrade from versions VERSION=001.001-2 or lower. > > Sounds like a bug. Sure. I would then be responsible for the bug and be glad to fix it. I sometimes made such mistakes during the "drop defoma" work. > > >> 2) > >> /etc/fonts/conf.d/ttf-tamil-fonts.conf is a real file, obsolete, > >> identical to /etc/fonts/conf.avail/90-ttf-tamil-fonts.conf, and there is > >> a symlink to /etc/fonts/conf.avail/90-ttf-tamil-fonts.conf in > >> /etc/fonts/conf.d. > >> > >> Shouldn't there be some code to remove this file? It is out of order (no > >> nn- prefix), and may have unintended side-effects... > > There probably should be, yes. ttf-tamil-fonts comes from the ttf-indic-fonts source package, which is not managed by the pkg-fonts team. > > Is the team interested in a (semi-automatic) testing of stable->unstable > > upgrade that would check that all conffiles are correctly managed? I can > > provide patches. > > That would be great, please file bug reports as you find issues. Definitely. We did massive changes in late Autumn 2009 and I may have made some mistakes. Help in spottingn them would be appreciated.
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