Bug#696385: RFS: astromenace/1.3.1+ds-1 [ITP] -- hardcore 3D space shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities

[Boris Pek <tehnick-8@yandex.ru>]

Hi Thibaut,

> In the rules file for astromenace data, you list fonts in
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/, but the files there are
> symlinks to files in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/. The symlinks
> are provided by a compatility package which is not listed in your
> build-dependencies, so building fails in a clean chroot. Can you fix that?

Thanks, I will fix it ASAP.

> There is a more serious problem. You copy font files which end-up
> (AFAIU) in gamedata.vfs. You therefore need to abide by the
> redistribution terms of the license of those fonts. The Debian way of
> insuring that in a generic manner (for DFSG-free material) would be to
> list the font packages in Built-Using. This ensures that the user can
> get the source for whatever ended-up in the binary package.
>
> The problem here is that astromenace-data is not in main but in
> non-free. I'm not sure that the Built-Using mechanism is sufficient to
> ensure that the source package for the fonts remain in the archive. Can
> you check that on -devel or -legal?

Ok, I will ask more opinions from team members and then ask people from other
mailing lists if necessary.

> Else I see two solutions:
>
>  - copy (part of) the font source packages in astromenace-data (I didn't
> check: if the ttf files are their own source, you only need to copy them
> and amend debian/copyright);

This is bad solution. I prefer do not do such things.

>  - pack gamedata.vfs on the end-user system to avoid redistribution.

This is sane solution. And it is very easy to do. I will do this if other
variants fail.

Best regards,
Boris