Debian Bug report logs - #406530
tetex-base: unclear license and origin situation of Base 35 PS fonts

Package: texlive-fonts-recommended; Maintainer for texlive-fonts-recommended is Debian TeX Task Force <[email protected]>; Source for texlive-fonts-recommended is src:texlive-base (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Frank Küster <[email protected]>

Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:18:01 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 366842

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Subject: cloning some teTeX bugs for TeXlive
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# woeful copyright file, applies to all source packages
clone 218105 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5
reassign -1 texlive-base
reassign -2 texlive-base-bin
reassign -3 texlive-extra
reassign -4 texlive-lang
reassign -5 texlive-doc
retitle -1 texlive-base: woeful copyright file 
retitle -2 texlive-bin: woeful copyright file 
retitle -3 texlive-extra: woeful copyright file 
retitle -4 texlive-lang: woeful copyright file 
retitle -5 texlive-doc: woeful copyright file 
usertags 218105 cloned-in-texlive

# obsolete files and unclear licenses of some nearly-Base35-fonts
clone 366842 -6
reassign -6 texlive-fonts-recommended
usertags 366842 cloned-in-texlive

# PSNFSS is a required part of LaTeX
clone 302035 -7
reassign -7 texlive-fonts-recommended
retitle 302035 PSNFSS is a required part of LaTeX, fonts should be in texlive-(latex-)base
usertags 302035 cloned-in-texlive

# seminar copyright info is outdated
clone 327741 -8
reassign -8 texlive-latex-recommended
usertags 327741 cloned-in-texlive

# epstopdf.sty
retitle 311424 epstopdf.sty needs documentation that mentions \write18
clone  311424 -9
reassign -9 texlive-latex-recommended
usertags 311424 cloned-in-texlive

# long-link breaking in different output modes
clone 336743 -10
reassign -10 texlive-latex-base
usertags 336743 cloned-in-texlive

# antp fonts
clone 356345 -11
retitle -11 [licensing] antp fonts state they are Public Domain without explaining
reassign -11 texlive-lang-polish
usertags 356345 cloned-in-texlive

# the ntimes part is resolved in texlive (separate bug, texlive-lang)
# but the rest not
clone 366521 -12
reassign -12 texlive-lang-czechslovak
usertags 366521 cloned-in-texlive

# need newer babel with ams{art,book}
clone 381402 -13
reassign -13 texlive-latex-base
usertags 381402 cloned-in-texlive

# seminar.bg? update, recently discussed on texlive upstream list
tags 360612 -wontfix
clone 360612 -14
reassign -14 texlive-latex-recommended
usertags 360612 cloned-in-texlive

# might exist in texlive, or be relevant for it
usertags 286686 needs-texlive-considering
usertags 345604 needs-texlive-considering
usertags 356853 needs-texlive-considering
usertags 363061 needs-texlive-considering
usertags 307519 needs-texlive-considering
usertags 351917 needs-texlive-considering #or rather not, see bug log
tags 351917 wontfix

# teTeX packaging
usertags 244601 tetex-only
usertags 336714 tetex-only
usertags 361562 tetex-only
usertags 361998 tetex-only
usertags 324868 tetex-only

# teTeX wontfix bugs
usertags 264387 tetex-only
usertags 267418 tetex-only

thanks


Ready working on src=tetex-base, serious down to normal: minor and
wishlist still missing

Gruß, Frank
-- 
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)



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