I would like to maintain the Source Sans 3 package at:
salsa.debian.org/fonts-team/fonts-adobe-sourcesans3
Can someone either add me to the Debian Fonts Task Force or create the repository and give me access?
My Salsa username is soren.
Thanks
On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 3:09:54 PM MST Soren Stoutner wrote:
> I would like to package the Adobe Source Sans 3 fonts and maintain them going
> forward.
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683774[1]
>
> The upstream source is at:
>
> https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans/tree/main[2]
>
> My interest is mostly because one of these fonts is used by the Electrum
> package, which I maintain.
>
> In doing so, I would like to join the Debian fonts team. My Salsa username is
> soren.
>
> I have read over the information at:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts/PackagingPolicy[3]
> https://github.com/rbrito/fonts-policy/blob/master/fonts_policy.mdwn[4]
>
> This font builds using the Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO),
> which I haven’t yet spent any time digging into. If anyone has any experience
> with it or has any pointers that might not be obvious to me I would
> appreciate the guidance.
>
> In terms of naming of the source package, the following are three
> possibilities:
>
> fonts-adobe-sourcesans3
> fonts-adobe-source-sans3
> fonts-adobe-source-sans-3
>
> Does anyone have any strong opinion as to which would be best?
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Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org
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