Quoting Santiago Vila (2025-08-23 19:25:59) > Alexandre Detiste wrote: > > the impact is not yet known > > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > fonts-noto is currently effectively release-critically broken in stable. > > Hi. I'm just a casual reader, but I would like the above to be clarified. > > The fonts-noto package was last uploaded in 2023-08, and the changes > in cdbs regarding udebs happened in 2025-04. Is it really the > case that rebuilding fonts-noto right now in trixie does not produce > the .deb and .udebs that we are distributing in trixie? Yes, I believe so: The package uses CDBS, and that package has been iteratively demolished since I let go of maintaining it. > Jonas wrote: > > Solving that by refactoring fonts-noto packaging is more risky than > > reviving the already battle-tested bits that was dropped from cdbs. > > If fonts-noto is really broken in trixie, and Alexandre is willing to > refactor it for trixie, we have tools like diffoscope which can tell > if the refactor is correct or not. If the refactor is proven to be > correct, there would be no risk. > > (But first we would need to know the exact nature of the breakage, if any). I am just speculating, I have not verified if things are broken. I will not oppose Alexandre fixing this issue using dh sequencer. (My next planned work on fonts-noto is a major refactoring anyway.) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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