Re: Please hint poppler-data for lenny inclusion
Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 04:50:08PM +0800, Deng Xiyue wrote:
>> 在 2008-08-23六的 18:09 +1000，Hamish Moffatt写道：
>>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 03:10:22PM +0800, Deng Xiyue wrote:
>>>> Ftp-masters, sorry to break the protocol, but due to the current
>>>> situation, it'll be very helpful if the poppler-data package sitting in
>>>> NEW will be reviewed soonish so that it can be decided whether the NMU
>>>> of xpdf-CJK packages should be done. Obviously poppler-data is the best
>>>> way to solve the issue. Thanks very much.
>
> FTP master has been acted :-)
>
>>> You also need the release managers (debian-release@lists.debian.org) to
>>> accept the new package into lenny, and they appear reluctant to allow
>>> new packages in general.
>>>
>>> Hamish
>> Adding debian-release@ to CC, though it's unclear to me whether non-free
>> package is in the realm of Release Team administration, and it'll be
>> great to be directed to the right place to deal with the issue if it's
>> not the case.
>>
>> FWIW, it is important to know whether the Release Team will make a lenny
>> freeze exception for poppler-data which is a new package. Though it
>> does break the Lenny release criterion, it's the best solution to avoid
>> duplicated and unnecessary work at present and in future. So release
>> team, please consider an unorthodox freeze exception for poppler-data.
>> Thanks.
>
> Please hint poppler-data .
>
> Although it is in non-free, it is essential to read PDF files created in
> Asian languages. These data were in main packages but due to package
> reorganization and better license review, it is in non-free.
> nfortunately, there is no other ways to use pdf in Asian languages.
unblocked
Cheers
Luk
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