[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#1095130: Bug#1095130: fonts-freefont: please reconsider the python3-pkg-resources build-dependency

[Fabian Greffrath]

Hi Alexandre,

Am Dienstag, dem 04.02.2025 um 07:45 +0100 schrieb Alexandre Detiste:
> It feels like adding a build-dep for python3-pkg-resources here
> looks like a quick workaround to a bug in fontforge
> back then around 2023-01-17.
> 
> Please retry the build without this dependency.

without this package installed, the following warning appears during
the build with the most current fontforge package:

```
Core python package 'pkg_resources' not found: Cannot discover plugins
```

This sounded severe enough to me to justify the Build-Depends.

Cheers,

 - Fabian

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