Re: consider pango-graphite for removal from testing?
* Jamey Sharp [Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:31:15 -0700]:
> I just learned that the frequent crashes I've been experiencing in
> Iceweasel were due to having pango-graphite installed. Since it causes
> crashes in unrelated software, I upgraded existing bug #471642 to
> severity critical.
> That bug was opened in March, last commented on in April, and has not
> been responded to by the maintainer. The last maintainer upload was a
> year ago.
> The package also causes incorrect font rendering in a variety of
> applications. I think it's just computing incorrect font metrics,
> notably baselines and perhaps extents, though one commenter suggested
> that it's mixing up serif and sans-serif fonts.
> Since popcon says very few people have this package installed, might I
> suggest that it not be included in the upcoming release?
Done.
Thanks,
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