From c53d27dfa55c4b5a5063d864d3f11b7036dad439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:08:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category The Speedo directory isn't part of the default X font path for a long time, and libxfont in lenny disabled support for speedo fonts. Closes #522218 --- debian/changelog | 5 +++++ policy.sgml | 11 +++-------- upgrading-checklist.html | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 1916096..a94496a 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low Seconded: Julien Cristau Seconded: Andrew McMillan Closes: #522364 + * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category + Wording: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Danjou + Closes: #522218 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere): - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list. - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index a5c9d13..a2089bc 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -8413,11 +8413,6 @@ name ["syshostname"]: - - Speedo fonts must be placed in - /usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/. - - Type 1 fonts must be placed in /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/. If font @@ -8429,9 +8424,9 @@ name ["syshostname"]: Subdirectories of /usr/share/fonts/X11/ other than those listed above must be neither created nor used. (The PEX, CID, - and cyrillic directories are excepted for - historical reasons, but installation of files into - these directories remains discouraged.) + Speedo, and cyrillic directories + are excepted for historical reasons, but installation of + files into these directories remains discouraged.) diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html index 58f0740..99a972b 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.html +++ b/upgrading-checklist.html @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ picking your way through this list. FHS permitting /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. [9.1] * Removed obsolete dependency requirements for packages that use /var/mail. [9.1.3] + * Speedo fonts are now deprecated. The X backend was disabled + starting in lenny. [11.8.5] * The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in common-licenses and should be referenced from there. [12.5] -- 2.39.5