On 11:06 Thu 15 Nov , Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Am 15.11.2012 10:52, schrieb Vasudev Kamath:
> >Idea is good but again it depends on what does the maintainer of
> >fonts-droid thinks about this because this change requires changes to
> >his package. So what do you suggest write to him separately or is he
> >subscribed here?
>
> The package is team-maintained, so strictly speaking there is no
> individual maintainer for it. There is one person listed as
> Uploader, who did the initial upload two years ago, then came two
> team uploads by bubulle and pabs and then another team upload in
> which the source was updated by someone who is not listed as an
> Uploader, either.
Yes its team maintained but I thought it is better to get consent from
original maintainer of the package before messing around with packaging
doing this major change.
>
> So, I'd say it's perfectly alright to upgrade the package and chance
> the packaging if we have found an team-internal consensus, which - I
> believe - we are making good progress in. Furthermore, I'd say
> anybody seriously interested in the fonts-droid package is expected
> to be subscribed to the pkg-fonts team's list anyway (because the
> team is listed as maintainer). However, I have added Jon Severinsson
> in CC, because he is the last one who has seriously updated the
> package.
OK I will wait for a consensus. Additionally I would like to move
fonts-android to Git.
Again one more questions will be if new package is going to be named
fonts-android what will become to current fonts-droid source package?
Simply rename it?
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