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Bug#1106166: [Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#1106166: fonts-noto: please move away from deprecated CDBS build system



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

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