Re: fonts-ubuntu_0.83-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 4:13 AM, Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 08:53:44AM +0000, Chris Lamb wrote:
>> > > 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.
>
> Did the users ask for this transitional packages? I did not see any
> indication in the package why they where added.
Users did not ask for the package to be renamed so why would they ask
for transitional packages? Users are asking for this to be packaged so
they don't have to install it from a third-party source.
The binary package rename is being done to align this package with
Debian font packaging conventions.
> You could also look at the popcon data for that.
According to https://popcon.debian.org/by_inst
there are 242 installations of ttf-ubuntu-font-family and 13 for
fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console.
I apologize for the urgency, but I would like to get this package
accepted into Debian by Wednesday so that it will get into Ubuntu
before Ubuntu starts freezing for 18.04 LTS.
If I'm forced to drop the transitional packages in Debian, then I will
have to add them in Ubuntu (but just until after 18.04 LTS). I think
keeping the transitional packages in Debian until after Buster is
released will be better for Debian users, but I'm not going to fight
much more on this point personally.
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
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