Re: Bug#481792: latex-cjk-chinese-arphic: freetype1 deprecation
reassign 481792 freetype1-tools
retitle 481792 freetype1-tools is *not* deprecated, please do not remove it
severity 481792 important
thanks
Hi all,
On Mo, 19 Mai 2008, Norbert Preining wrote:
> texlive-font-utils ship them already.
Stupidity. Sorry.
For the freetype1-tools guys:
I disagree completely. I didn't realize until now...
On Mo, 19 Mai 2008, "Danai SAE-HAN (?????????)" wrote:
> > for Lenny we'd like to stop supporting two freetype packages in the
> > archive. In this case your package build-depends on freetype1-tools.
freetype1-tools ships quite some interesting and usefull stuff, esp. all
the ttf2XXX stuff. Why do you actually want to remove them without a
proper replacement?
I reassign this bug to freetype1-tools, that is not the way it should
be. Removing some useful tools.
> > freetype1 has been in oldlibs for Etch, it has very few reverse deps
> > left and we'll try to phase it out now.
Only because there are not reverse depends that does not mean that the
package is useless.
Debian - at the end - should be for *USERS* not for internal dependency
checking. If the package is useful for users, so let it be there.
If you want to remove it, provide a replacement.
Best wishes
Norbert
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