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[debian-devel:17397] Re: 協力？：defoma needs work, probably, but is unlikely to go away
こんにちは。岩松です。
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:40:08 +0900
Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote:
> タケさん、山根さん、debian.or.jpの皆さん、
>
> TTのフォントパッケージが新規に簡単に作れなくなっています。
> libft-perl がなくなったのが直接の原因です。
教えてください。
これは作成する時に手間がかかるということで、既に作成された fonts パッケージ
は問題ないということですか。
または、アップデートとかにも支障が出るということですかね。
> defomaをlibft-perl以外の類似ライブラリーに移植するか、libft-perlを
> 復活させないといけません。
>
libft-perl (perlftlib)はバギーすぎて削除されたようですね。
新たに作った方がいいかもしれませんが、間に合うかな。
> どなたかdefomaをadoptされませんか？angusがメンテナのはずですが、RFA
> していて、lennyリリースに向けて困ったことになっているのに、無策でした。
>
> dfontmgrをスキップしてビルドしたり、かなり最近ひどい状況です。
>
> * Incorporate and acknowledge the changes from the non maintainer
> upload.
> * Lintian reports 4 errors and 25 warnings about this package. You
> should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
> * The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian
> Policy (Standards-Version 3.8.0 instead of 3.6.2.0).
> * The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or
> untagging them.
>
> 背景は
> http://bugs.debian.org/279824
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?package=defoma
>
defoma は私が ITA してもいいです。
以上、よろしくお願いします。
岩松
> 山根さん、各位、
>
> 最近TTをパッケージよくされていますが、defomaをアドプトしません？
> FTPマネージャーが以下のことを言っています。
>
> 青木
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Thomas Viehmann <tv@xxxxxxxxxx> -----
>
> From: Thomas Viehmann <tv@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: defoma needs work, probably, but is unlikely to go away
> To: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
> CC: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:29:15 +0200
>
> Hi,
>
> Holger Levsen wrote:
> > On Friday 05 September 2008 22:00, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >>> Quite frankly, if it is just creating new packages, it's a better idea
> >>> to fix some RC bugs now and drop defoma as soon as lenny is out the door.
> >> If that is agreed view on defoma, there is no need to reactivate this
> >> package.
>
> > disclaimer: I dont know much more about defoma then that I think its _the_
> > debian tool for dealing with fonts...
> >
> > And so, I wonder if this is really the agreed view on defoma?!
> >
> > And at the very least we should update this manual for lenny and document how
> > one should create truetype fonts in lenny, if the described way doesnt work
> > anymore.
>
> Apologies for the confusion. A closer look at the situation shows that
> defoma should receive major work and someone should adopt it, but
> neither the Debian fonts team nor anyone else adopted it so far.
>
> Naturally, if someone chooses to maintain defoma and needs the
> libft-perl back bad enough to fix its bugs and pick it up, it can be
> reintroduced. That said, I seem to recall (and the defoma RFA bug
> supports it to some extend) that defoma really needs some work that
> might change it fairly drastically.
>
> Again, sorry for misrepresenting the state of defoma, if it wakes
> someone up, the better. :)
>
> Kind regards
>
> T.
> --
> Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/
>
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