Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.2.2
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
We (Japanese Task Force: JTF) would like to propose 'ttf-japanese-mincho'
and 'ttf-japanese-gothic' as names of virtual packages:
- ttf-japanese-mincho
Japanese font for Mincho-style.
- ttf-japanese-gothic
Japanese font for Gothic-style
--- PROPOSAL ---
We, the Japanese font packages maintainers and their
collaborators (Japanese Task Force: JTF), propose
following action items to ease the task of the default
font selection for applications under the Debian system.
* The creation of new virtual package name:
- ttf-japanese-mincho
- ttf-japanese-gothic
* The creation of new alternative name:
- ttf-japanese-mincho.ttf
- ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf
* The adjustment of font packages which provide newly created virtual
package name.
* The adjustment of application packages which directly declare
dependency to the Japanese ttf font packages.
[Packages which are affected]
* Japanese font packages
* Application packages which declare dependency to the Japanese ttf package
- libpango1.0-common
- xpdf-japanese
- gs-cjk-resource
- xdvik-ja
- vflib2
- mgp
- libkiten1
- kiten
- kanjipad
- kanatest
- gjiten
- advi-examples
- advi
[Packages which are not affected]
* The application packages which use defoma or fontconfig for their
font configuration.
[Details of proposed action items]
1. Each Japanese font packages provides one of the virtual package name in its
Provides stanza based on the glyph style:
- ttf-japanese-mincho (for Mincho-style. The glyph style corresponds to sans-serif.)
- ttf-japanese-gothic (for Gothic-style. The glyph style corresponds to gothic.)
2. Each Japanese font packages registers to the alternative system while making
link from ttf-japanese-mincho.ttf or ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf in
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ directory. The priority level of alternative is
specified as follows.
above 100: Third party or user created fonts
60: ttf-vlgothic
50: ttf-sazanami-mincho, ttf-sazanami-gothic
20: ttf-kochi-mincho, ttf-kochi-gothic
below 20: fonts which are deprecated for use in Japanese environment,
(e.g.., fonts which use Chinese style glyph for the unified
region characters.)
3. The application that specifies a specific Japanese font package dependency
replaces its dependency to ttf-japanese-mincho | ttf-japanese-gothic (or
ttf-japanese-mincho, ttf-japanese-gothic) as needed. Then, the path to the
specific font is replaced by the path to
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-japanese-mincho.ttf and
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-japanese-gothic.ttf.
[Time line]
N-x The discussion period ends and the formal request to add virtual package names
is sent to debian-policy from the JTF.
N The proposed new virtual packages are approved.
Uploading of the updated Japanese font packages is started by the JTF.
The making and testing of the patch to the affected application packages
which depend on the Japanese ttf are started by the JTF.
N+3 Uploadings of all Japanese font packages are completed. (including NMUs)
N+13 The ttf-vlgothic and ttf-sazanami-mincho packages which are the core font
packages enters into testing (at least).
The tested patches to the affected packages which depend on the Japanese
ttf packages are sent out to the BTS by the JTF.
N+25 The JTF requests non-responsive maintainers for the permission to perform
the NMUs of the affected packages.
N+30 The NMUs of updated packages are completed.
[Proposer]
Kenshi Muto (Debian developer)
Hideki Yamane (Debian contributor)
Junichi Uekawa (Debian developer)
Nobuhiro Iwamatsu (Debian contributor)
regards,
Nobuhiro
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
hemamu@t-base.ne.jp
iwamatsu@debian.or.jp
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