Bug#404652: ITP: ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting -- A goofy font that imitates the author's handwriting

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>]

* Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg-debian.org@fifthhorseman.net> [2006-12-27 03:18]:

> I've created this font from a sample of my own handwriting.  I've
> packaged it for debian.  The package builds with no lintian/linda
> errors or warnings, and it is currently available via apt from:
> 
> deb http://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~dkg/fonts/apt sid main
> deb-src http://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~dkg/fonts/apt sid main
> 
> (the apt repository is signed by my own gpg key, ID A54B6365 )
> 
> If someone wants to sponsor this as an upload to unstable (or
> experimental, if you prefer), that'd be great, as i'm not a DD.

Very nice font, thanks.  I would gladly sponsor the upload but I can do it
only after January 8.  If nobody steps forward until this date, I will do
it.

Here are some comments about the your current package.

> * Package name    : ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting
>   Version         : 0.009
>   Upstream Author : Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg-debian.org@fifthhorseman.net>
> * URL             : http://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~dkg/fonts/
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: FontForge
>   Description     : A goofy font that imitates the author's handwriting
> 
>  This is a goofy TrueType font that mimics the author's handwriting.
>  .
>  It only roughly covers charset ISO-8859-1, but it includes bold,
>  italic, and bold italic variants.

The description above is not the same as that in your APT repository.
Anyway, the short and long description can be improved along the lines of
the Debian Policy (section 3.4) and the Best Packaging Practices (section
6.2).  What about the following:

Description: font that imitates Daniel Kahn Gillmor's handwriting
 This is a goofy TrueType font that mimics Daniel Kahn Gillmor's
 handwriting. It only roughly covers charset ISO-8859-1, but it includes
 bold, italic, and bold italic variants.
 .
  Homepage: http://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~dkg/fonts/ 

Also, in debian/rules, you should clean the build-stamp file.  Otherwise,
I do not see any strong reason this needs to be a Debian native package.  I
would rather upload it as 0.009-1.

Final remark: dpkg ignores zeros after the period in version numbers.  This
results in some surprising behavior, for instance:

    0.009 > 0.01  (cf dpkg --compare-versions 0.009 gt 0.01 && echo true)
        
but

    0.009 < 0.010
    
Best wishes,

-- 
Rafael