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kubuntu-desktop / kubuntu-netbook / ubuntu-netbook should Depends ttf-liberation due to poor font fallback otherwise

Bug #588723 reported by Chris Cheney
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kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
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Lucid
Fix Released
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netbook-meta (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli
Lucid
Fix Released
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli

Bug Description

kubuntu-desktop needs to Depend on ttf-liberation as ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop already do.

This is due to metric incompatible font fallback in the case when it is not installed. Fonts such as 'Times New Roman' have no metric compatible font in a default install of Kubuntu.

See:

/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf

For the 'Times New Roman' case it falls back to 'Times' which then maps to 'Nimbus Roman No9 L' instead of the metric compatible Liberation Serif'. I believe it also happens for 'Courier New' -> 'Courier' -> 'Nimbus Mono L' instead of to 'Liberation Mono'.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kubuntu-desktop (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 2 08:43:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100128)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kubuntu-meta

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

See bug 519669 as an example of this issue.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kubuntu-meta - 1.177

---------------
kubuntu-meta (1.177) maverick; urgency=low

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added ttf-liberation to desktop-recommends [amd64 armel ia64 powerpc
    sparc], netbook-recommends [amd64 armel ia64 powerpc sparc] (LP: #588723)
 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:31:46 -0400

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Uploaded to lucid-proposed, waiting for ubuntu-sru review.

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Triaged
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

This appears to also affect kubuntu-netbook and ubuntu-netbook as well after looking at the rdepends on ttf-liberation.

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
summary: - kubuntu-desktop should Depends ttf-liberation due to poor font fallback
- otherwise
+ kubuntu-desktop / kubuntu-netbook should Depends ttf-liberation due to
+ poor font fallback otherwise
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
summary: - kubuntu-desktop / kubuntu-netbook should Depends ttf-liberation due to
- poor font fallback otherwise
+ kubuntu-desktop / kubuntu-netbook / ubuntu-netbook should Depends ttf-
+ liberation due to poor font fallback otherwise
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks)
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
assignee: nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks)
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John Dong (jdong) wrote :

ACK for kubuntu-meta in queue. If similar patches are needed for the other metapackages consider this an ack for those too.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Please test proposed package

Accepted kubuntu-meta into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Andreas Wenning (andreas-wenning) wrote :

Tested this on a fresh install of Kubuntu (desktop). Upgrading kubuntu-desktop to the version from lucid-poposed installs ttf-liberation (and no other installs/removals happen).

Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
tags: added: apeport-bug verification-done
removed: apport-bug verification-needed
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) → netbook-meta (Ubuntu)
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

Added to ubuntu-netbook metapackage as well:
testcase:
- check that you don't have ttf-liberation installed (which can be pulled by other dependencies)
- open http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38994194/Original.doc
- Note the number of pages and see it's different from your Windows machine (if you have one) or other ubuntu machine with tff-liberation installed (better metric font compatbility)
- upgrade to new (k)ubuntu-netbook package (it should install ttf-liberation)
- Open the same document and note the number of pages. If you have a Windows machine, it should be closer if not the same.

(see bug #519669 for more information)

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

This was originally seen when using OOo, but I believe it would occur anywhere that those fonts are used. For example with PDFs where the fonts aren't embedded or websites that make use of those fonts, etc.

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Andreas Wenning (andreas-wenning) wrote :

More testing on the kubuntu-desktop:
without proposed/ttf-liberation: 24 pages
with proposed/ttf-liberation: 25 pages
on windows/word 2007: 25 pages

Fix confirmed.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted netbook-meta into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in netbook-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: removed: verification-done
tags: added: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kubuntu-meta - 1.174.1

---------------
kubuntu-meta (1.174.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added ttf-liberation to desktop-recommends, netbook-recommends
    (LP: #588723)
  * Removed kdebase-plasma from desktop-recommends, netbook-recommends because
    it is a transitional package for plasma-widget-folderview
  * Added plasma-widget-folderview to desktop-recommends, netbook-
    recommends
 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:35:51 -0400

Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in netbook-meta (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

SRU Verification netbook-meta/lucid:
I have reproduced the problem with ubuntu-netbook 2.024 and have verified that the version of ubuntu-netbook 2.025.1 in -proposed fixes the issue (ttf-liberation is installed on upgrade).

Marking as verification-done

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package netbook-meta - 2.025.1

---------------
netbook-meta (2.025.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Refreshed dependencies (LP: #588723)
  * Added ttf-liberation to netbook-recommends
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:44:42 +0200

Changed in netbook-meta (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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