Quoting Denis Jacquerye ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On 6/13/07, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: ttf-dejavu-udeb > > Version: 2.17-1 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Apparently someone has decided a password dialog should no longer print > > simple asterisks, but to use unicode character 25CF (a black round > > bullet) instead. > > > > Please add this character for the DejaVuSans font. It should not be needed > > to add it to any other fonts. > > U+25CF has been in DejaVu Sans since version 2.2. It is also in DejaVu > Serif and DejaVu Sans Mono.
Frans is talking about the *udeb* package for the font. A udeb is a special Debian package meant for use by the Debian Installer. In the case of fonts used by Debian Installer (DejaVu Sans is the general font we use), the udeb inncludes a stripped version of the font, to save space and memory. Apparently we should no longer strip U+25CF from the font. Davide Viti will take care of this.
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