Bug#401533: MATHML and Indic scripts

[Jan Willem Stumpel]

Mike Hommey wrote:

> So here is my take: instead of spending time arguing and/or
> testing the patch, let's just spend time on fixing issues we
> actually care about for the very short term (like the gcc 4.2
> issue, because it seems the default gcc has now changed), and
> start packaging next upstream.
> 
> Mike

I hope you agree that there are several serious problems with the
"ice" products on Debian at the moment, relating to *printing* and
*displaying* MATHML and Indic scripts. When I wrote 8 months ago
in http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/stestu.html#T9.3

  Indian mathematicians, it seems, are completely out of luck
  with Debian.

this was still a kind of joke; but to me, trying to exchange ideas
with a real-life Indian mathematician, it no longer is. Of course
whatever course you take is OK -- if it gets these problems fixed.
Any estimate on how long this will take? If it cannot be done
quickly, how about adopting the solution that has been available
for 9 months -- at least as an interim, untested measure, for Sid
only?

Regards, Jan