[Pkg-fonts-devel] RFS: otf-ipaexfont (NEW)

[Hideki Yamane]

Hi Rogério,

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:48:30 -0300
Rogério Brito <rbrito at ime.usp.br> wrote:
> > The package appears to be lintian clean.
> 
> It only has some minor things found with lintian:

 With -I and --pedantic option, lintian tells me this.

> ,----
> | I: otf-ipaexfont source: duplicate-short-description otf-ipaexfont-mincho otf-ipaexfont-gothic otf-ipaexfont
> | P: otf-ipaexfont-gothic: no-upstream-changelog
> | P: otf-ipaexfont-mincho: no-upstream-changelog
> | P: otf-ipaexfont: no-upstream-changelog
> | I: otf-ipaexfont: capitalization-error-in-description meta package metapackage
> `----
> 
> I guess that the first and last ones could be improved, right?

 Yes, now I fix those "I:" :)

> Also, being pedantic here, there's a trailing whitespace in the
> changelog, that could be removed. :-)

 Thanks, did it.


> Another one: the package has the otf- prefix, but the fonts provided
> have the .ttf suffix. They are, according to the file command, "TrueType
> font data", despite having OpenType features like Standard Ligatures,
> Expert Forms, Fractions, Slashed Zero etc.
> 
> I guess that the font files could be renamed to .otf, then?

 It could be renamed but, in spec, OpenType font has its extension either .otf 
 or .ttf, both of Okay.
 http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otff.htm

>>Fonts containing TrueType outlines may have either .OTF or .TTF, depending on 
>>the desire for backward compatibility on older systems or with previous versions 
>>of the font. 

 And upstream chose .TTF for that.


 Now I've uploaded fixed one, could you review it again?

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 Hideki Yamane     henrich @ debian.or.jp/iijmio-mail.jp
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