Comment 4 for bug 63930

A quick search for "transcoded" at http://packages.ubuntu.com returned in the following:

Found 3 matching packages, displaying packages 1 to 3.
Package xfonts-100dpi-transcoded

    * warty (x11): 100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.3: all
      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25: all
    * hoary (x11): 100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      6.8.2-10.4: all
      6.8.2-10: all
    * edgy (x11): 100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      1:1.0.0-2ubuntu1: all
    * feisty (x11): 100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      1:1.0.0-3: all

Package xfonts-75dpi-transcoded

    * warty (x11): 75 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.3: all
      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25: all
    * hoary (x11): 75 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      6.8.2-10.4: all
      6.8.2-10: all
    * edgy (x11): 75 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      1:1.0.0-2ubuntu1: all
    * feisty (x11): 75 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      1:1.0.0-3: all

Package xfonts-base-transcoded

    * warty (x11): standard fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25.3: all
      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu25: all
    * hoary (x11): standard fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10646-1) [universe]
      6.8.2-10.4: all
      6.8.2-10: all
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To sum it up: xfonts-100dpi-transcoded is available in all Ubuntu versions *except* Dapper Drake, the same is true for xfonts-75dpi-transcoded; xfonts-base-transcoded is available only in the two oldest Ubuntu versions.

Moreover, xfonts-base-transcoded, xfonts-100dpi-transcoded, and xfonts-75dpi-transcoded are mentioned in the description of the corresponding basic packages as complementary parts of the respective xfonts-* packages in Dapper. Consequently, the situation with the missing xfonts-*-transcoded packages could be regarded as a *breakage* in the whole xfonts-* package array (leading to problems with the bitmap font display in certain applications such as EMACS, for example), and a simple update request would be more appropriate than a backport call (note that these packages have been available not only *after*, but also *before* the release of Dapper Drake).

An additional argument for requesting a update is IMHO the fact, that the xfonts-* packages are tagged as "supported".