[gentoo-dev] RFC: addition of virtual/fonts package

[Jeremy Olexa]

I'm thinking that a virtual/fonts package would be a good addition to 
the tree. We have hit this issue in Gentoo Prefix where any font package 
would satisfy a dependency. I also have an open bug where a package 
depends on corefonts but the reporter has stated that another fonts 
package will work. Frankly, I would rather *not* depend on the 
proprietary M$ fonts, myself. So my proposal would be to make every 
fonts package satisfy some virtual and then other packages can depend on 
that virtual to satisfy the need for *some* fonts. I just don't have a 
game plan for the best way to do it.

Do you people agree that this could be useful?
Does anyone have a suggestion for the best way to get it done?

Thanks for reading!
-Jeremy