Hi, I'd like to point out we have a package unicode-data, which has the up-to-date unicode data files in it. I think we should file wishlist bugs against packages using their own copies of this data.
Regards Alastair McKinstry <mckins...@debian.org> > There are several copies of the Unicode data files in the archive, > examples: > > charmap.app: > /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/Charmap.app/Resources/UnicodeData.txt > charmap.app: /usr/share/doc/charmap.app/UnicodeData.txt.gz > clisp: /usr/lib/clisp-2.44.1/data/UnicodeDataFull.txt > gnulib: /usr/share/gnulib/tests/uniname/UnicodeDataNames.txt > libcamomile-ocaml-data: > /usr/share/doc/libcamomile-ocaml-data/UnicodeData.html > libopensrs-perl: /usr/share/opensrs/RACE/RACE/UnicodeData-Latest.txt > libsaxonb-java-doc: > /usr/share/doc/libsaxon8-java-doc/api/net/sf/saxon/codenorm/UnicodeData.html > moodle: /usr/share/moodle/lib/typo3/unidata/UnicodeData.txt > perl-modules: /usr/share/perl/5.10.0/unicore/UnicodeData.txt > pypy-dev: > /usr/share/pypy-1.0/pypy/module/unicodedata/UnicodeData-3.2.0.txt > pypy-dev: > /usr/share/pypy-1.0/pypy/module/unicodedata/UnicodeData-4.1.0.txt > pypy-dev: > /usr/share/pypy-1.0/pypy/module/unicodedata/UnicodeData-5.0.0.txt > rails: > /usr/share/doc/rails/html/classes/ActiveSupport/Multibyte/UnicodeDatabase.html > typo3-src-4.2: > /usr/share/typo3/typo3_src-4.2/t3lib/unidata/UnicodeData.txt > typo3-src-4.3: > /usr/share/typo3/typo3_src-4.3/t3lib/unidata/UnicodeData.txt > > In addition, some of the following packages appear to embed copies of > the Unicode data in their source code: > > http://source.debian.net/source/search?q=IMIFTHORON&defs=&refs=&path=&hist= > http://source.debian.net/source/search?q=LHAVIYANI&defs=&refs=&path=&hist= > > In addition, there is a copy of parts of the Unicode data in > fonttools, gucharmap, libuninameslist and probably others. > > I'm wondering what, if anything, Debian should do about this > situation. We generally don't like embedded code copies, but I'm not > sure if the same arguments apply to embedded data copies. > > Any thoughts? > > In addition, the CMap and AGLFN data are in similar situations, but I > think they are embedded in much fewer packages. > > -- > bye, > pabs > > http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
