Re: fonts-ubuntu_0.83-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 6:00 PM, Chris Lamb
<ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org> wrote:
>
> Author: Bastian Blank
> Version: 0.83-1
> Timestamp: 2018-01-04 20:31:02.589232+00:00
>
> REJECT
>
> * introduces transitional packages that never existed in debian
The transitional package helps people who installed the Ubuntu package
on Debian. Yes, that's bad and never something we want to encourage,
but users may think there is little harm in a font package.
> * source is included but not used to build anything. as notes about binary patching exists, it is unknown if the fonts can be built
> * license mandates no renaming of unmodified version, but forces rename on changes
My understanding is that neither of these issues should be blockers
since fonts-ubuntu is targeted for non-free.
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
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