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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>

Imagine a large red swirl here. 



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