[Bug 1958084] [NEW] Please apply the upstream commit to drop Bitstream Vera fonts

[Amr Ibrahim]

Public bug reported:

Upstream dropped Bitstream Vera fonts, please apply that fix in the
Ubuntu package.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/fcb042028126d79ea5a5fa015b2b034b98656e73

Rationale:

DejaVu font extends the Bitstream Vera font, and is already installed by
default. Besides, the Bitstream Vera font is very obsolete, looks worse
than DejaVu and sometimes as a negative side effect it takes over as a
default font when installed (without DejaVu).

After applying the upstream fix, this Ubuntu patch becomes obsolete (03_prefer_dejavu.patch):
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/tree/debian/patches/03_prefer_dejavu.patch

You may also think about updating the whole package to an up-to-date
snapshot, since the last Debian/Ubuntu version update was in 2018.

** Affects: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: fontconfig (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Please apply the upstream commit to drop Bitstream Vera fonts

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in fontconfig package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Upstream dropped Bitstream Vera fonts, please apply that fix in the
  Ubuntu package.

  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/fcb042028126d79ea5a5fa015b2b034b98656e73

  Rationale:

  DejaVu font extends the Bitstream Vera font, and is already installed
  by default. Besides, the Bitstream Vera font is very obsolete, looks
  worse than DejaVu and sometimes as a negative side effect it takes
  over as a default font when installed (without DejaVu).

  After applying the upstream fix, this Ubuntu patch becomes obsolete (03_prefer_dejavu.patch):
  https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/tree/debian/patches/03_prefer_dejavu.patch

  You may also think about updating the whole package to an up-to-date
  snapshot, since the last Debian/Ubuntu version update was in 2018.

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