Bug#522218: debian-policy: Discourage installation of Speedo fonts
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 11:49:32AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> writes:
>
> > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> > index 5cd463e..9091412 100644
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -8427,11 +8427,6 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
> > </item>
> >
> > <item>
> > - Speedo fonts must be placed in
> > - <file>/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/</file>.
> > - </item>
> > -
> > - <item>
> > Type 1 fonts must be placed in
> > <file>/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/</file>. If font
> > metric files are available, they must be placed here
> > @@ -8442,9 +8437,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
> > Subdirectories of <file>/usr/share/fonts/X11/</file>
> > other than those listed above must be neither
> > created nor used. (The <file>PEX</file>, <file>CID</file>,
> > - and <file>cyrillic</file> directories are excepted for
> > - historical reasons, but installation of files into
> > - these directories remains discouraged.)
> > + <file>Speedo</file> and <file>cyrillic</file> directories
> > + are excepted for historical reasons, but installation of
> > + files into these directories remains discouraged.)
> > </item>
> Seconded.
There are no packages in /usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo, but there is still
one package (xfonts-cyrillic) in /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic.
Will it be moved to /usr/share/fonts/X11/ ?
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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