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On Thursday 29 May 2003 06:12, Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> Well, I've checked in a masked -r3 ebuild for xfree-4.3.0. In it, I have |
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> the fonts moved into /usr/share/fonts. I would like this to undergo |
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> testing, and also I would like some opinions/feedback on this move. Just |
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> to catch everyone up: I'll be moving the fonts packages in portage all to |
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> media-fonts categories, and make them install into /usr/share/fonts |
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> instead. |
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> Additionally, the roadmap for -r3 is to remove ALL font building from xfree |
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> entirely and shove them into separate packages. The two possible |
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> exceptions will be 75dpi and 100dpi fonts, but even those might move and |
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> become PDEPENDs. |
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> As such, the current -r3 in portage is just part way there. |
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> I am very interested in opinions before I proceed along this path. |
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That would be cool (take fontconfig into account though). This would mean a |
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lot less time needed to build xfree, and probably a lot less possible |
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breakage when updating xfree. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Researcher |
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Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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