Actually, I think we might want http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/ttf-unifont
Asking for clarification
new -> stalled

Status changed from 'new' to 'stalled' by reedy

Does this really need to be limited to NDA people?

@Reedy This got imported from RT. How's it today? ttf-unifont?

I don't think unifont should be use instead as according to http://wiki.debian.org.hk/w/Fonts it look like a wqy's font is an improved version over unifont in term of Chinese support.

edit:fix typo

Change 216392 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn):
install fonts-wqy-zenhei on app servers

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/216392

Change 216392 merged by Dzahn:
install fonts-wqy-zenhei on app servers

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/216392

[mw2148:~] $ dpkg -l | grep zenhei
ii fonts-wqy-zenhei 0.9.45-5ubuntu1 all "WenQuanYi Zen Hei" A Hei-Ti Style (sans-serif) Chinese font
ii ttf-wqy-zenhei 0.9.45-5ubuntu1 all transitional dummy package

arrr. notice the "Should we just include mediawiki::packages::fonts on all appservers for ease? " so that did not do it.

PS1 of https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/216392/1 would be it

it was reverted in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/219297/

I think this works out the same, ttf-wqy-zenhei was renamed to fonts-wqy-zenhei in trusty/jessie

Package: fonts-wqy-zenhei
Version: 0.9.45-5ubuntu1
Depends: fontconfig (>= 2.3.1-1)
Breaks: ttf-wqy-zenhei (<< 0.9.45-5)
Replaces: ttf-wqy-zenhei (<< 0.9.45-5)
Provides: ttf-wqy-zenhei

however the problem is still that we're not including ::mediawiki::packages::fonts on all appservers so they don't get the font installed.

We could include that class everywhere, or install needed fonts piecemeal in mediawiki::packages

Change 231284 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dzahn):
mediawiki: include font packages on all appservers

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/231284

@Muehlenhoff back in August 2015 i uploaded this one https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/231284 (just amended to fix path conflict) as a possible fix for this ticket, it would mean all fonts on all appservers, not specific to this one. The whole thing would be about the "Timelines aren't rendered on image scalers. They're rendered on standard mediawiki app servers " and that we did not have the fonts on those. Opinions?

According to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline Erik Zachte is the author of that extension, adding him for confirmation

@Joe If "Timelines aren't rendered on image scalers. They're rendered on standard
mediawiki app servers " is true, why don't we just install the fonts on all appservers? Any reason not to ?

In T84777#2328857, @Dzahn wrote:

@Joe If "Timelines aren't rendered on image scalers. They're rendered on standard
mediawiki app servers " is true, why don't we just install the fonts on all appservers? Any reason not to ?

Then I want to know where the extension rendered the image? If we can be sure which server the extension runs on, we could install the font on that servers. Isn't it.

In this issue, Do we have installed the fonts successfully? Or Do we need other support, like the supporting class or anything else?

@Cwek The thing is that currently all the fonts are just installed on imagescalers (the servers who create thumbs) but apparently Timelines are just rendered on regular appservers (normal mediawiki servers) and these don't have the fonts installed because, besides this bug, they did not usually need them.

So my suggestion is to install them pn regular appservers too and thats what i was asking here and what

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/231284/ is for

In T84777#2362923, @Dzahn wrote:

@Cwek The thing is that currently all the fonts are just installed on imagescalers (the servers who create thumbs) but apparently Timelines are just rendered on regular appservers (normal mediawiki servers) and these don't have the fonts installed because, besides this bug, they did not usually need them.

So my suggestion is to install them pn regular appservers too and thats what i was asking here and what

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/231284/ is for

T123223 It seem that some new free fonts had been installed in the server. Can them be used for the issue?

@Muehlenhoff Do you know?

Change 231284 merged by Dzahn:
mediawiki: include fonts in role::mediawiki::webserver

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/231284

fonts are now going to be installed on all appservers.

example on mw1261, canary appserver, just now:

[mw1261:~] $ puppet agent -tv
Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
Info: Retrieving plugin
Info: Loading facts
Info: Caching catalog for mw1261.eqiad.wmnet
Info: Applying configuration version '1471976266'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_gujr/Package[fonts-gujr]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_telu/Package[fonts-telu]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_beng/Package[fonts-beng]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_noto_cjk/Package[fonts-noto-cjk]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_knda/Package[fonts-knda]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_guru/Package[fonts-guru]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_mlym/Package[fonts-mlym]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_orya/Package[fonts-orya]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Packages::Fonts_taml/Package[fonts-taml]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
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