Bug#522218: debian-policy: Discourage installation of Speedo fonts
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 13:25 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> 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.)
eww, sorry about the tab damage here.
> > > </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/ ?
I have no idea. The cyrillic directory is still part of the default
font path, and I don't know where else I should install the cyrillic X
fonts. (in any case this isn't relevant to this patch, and should be
discussed separately, maybe in a bug report against xfonts-cyrillic if
you think it should install its stuff somewhere else)
Cheers,
Julien
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