Public bug reported:
Please, drop the unneeded font dependency in birdfont on roboto. Upon
inspection, only as a fallback this font is used..
In general, hard dependencies on fonts are not desirable. This is
especially the case for a well-known font such as this which is also
distributed via TeX Live.
When a font is offered by both APT and TeX Live, it is easier for users
to solve this conflict when font packages can be deinstalled. However,
with unneeded dependencies that is a problem for the user as APT cannot
purge font package without breaking dependencies.
Alternatively, this dependency could be downgraded to a recommendation
or a suggestion. Ideally, the dependency is removed all together.
Also worth mentioning is that Ubuntu is lagging years behind with
packaging of TeX Live. Hence, users of TeX Live are forced to solve font
collisions in this way.
** Affects: birdfont (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: packaging xenial yakkety
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Drop unneeded font dependency in birdfont
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