Re: Preparation of the next stable Debian GNU/Linux update
* Paul Hardy [Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:21:39 -0700]:
Hello, Paul.
> Can you include the latest version of the package I'm maintaining,
> unifont 1:5.1.20080914-1, which is currently in testing?
> The latest package has these improvements over the versions (original
> & backport) currently in stable:
> * Closes all known bugs (some of which had been open in Debian for years).
> * Addresses potential DFSG issues, notably with a replacement of the
> 11,000+ glyphs in the Hangul Syllables block.
> * Provides complete coverage of the Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane.
> * Includes all additions for Unicode 5.1, released in April 2008.
> * Incorporates improvements made in older Ubuntu versions that weren't
> ported back to Debian.
> I did most of the development of the package under etch 4.0r3, and
> always made sure during development that the latest version would
> still build and install under 4.0r3.
Thanks for your interest in getting a better version of unifont into
Etch, but rules for updating packages in stable releases are quite
strict: only fixes for RC bugs are allowed, and new functionality seldom
makes it in.
You are welcome however to upload this new version of unifont to
backports.org if you'd like to, replacing the one that is there already.
Cheers,
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Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org
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