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Re: fonts-ubuntu_0.83-1_amd64.changes REJECTED



Hi Jeremy,

> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 6:00 PM, Chris Lamb
> <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > Author: Bastian Blank
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Adding Bastian to CC as he is the one who actually did this review. I'll
let him take it from here. :)

> > 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


Regards,

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