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[Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pander <714588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Please drop dependency of this package on package ttf-dejavu. This is
> preventing users using custom newer installation of dejavu fonts.

How should this prevent users from installing another version of the
ttf-dejavu package?

> I see no apparent reason for having this dependency, If there is, this
> should be reported upstream because that would mean the software is
> too depending on the installation of a certain font.

The fonts are included in the upstream distribution.  For the Debian
package, we use the ttf-dejavu package instead to avoid duplication.

Regards,
Ansgar

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Title:
  drop dependency on ttf-dejavu