Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion

On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:41, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:25, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> >> On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:07, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> Just one question: have the inconsistencies been worked out in
> >> >> translating XFree86 fonts package dependencies to Xorg fonts
> >> >> packages? Have all ports that depend on XFree86 fonts packages
> >> >> been adjusted, and if so, how was this issue resolved?
> >> > 
> >> > Yes, it was dealt with by making those ports point at the font
> >> > package that provides truetype fonts.
> >> 
> >> OK, but then what about the dependencies on Type1 fonts?  Those have
> >> all just been dropped?  Might it not be better to ensure that both
> >> packages are listed now as dependencies?
> > 
> > Do those package actually depend on type1 fonts?  If so, then they
> > should be fixed to depend on them.
> > 
> > I didn't investigate deeply.  I'm pretty sure they just want a pretty
> > scalable font.
> 
> Could be.  I haven't looked that closely at them, either.  :-)
> 
> Rather unfortunate, isn't it, that the font packages don't have a
> one-to-one correspondence between the two systems.

Not in my opinion.  I think it's an improvement, which is why I did it. 
It better matches the layout in the tree, and I think makes more sense. 
I don't intend people to be switching between XFree86 and X.Org
regularly.  In fact, I expect that it will be a one-way thing.

My point about this issue you brought up is that I don't think it's an
issue.  If you want a full set of fonts, then install all the font ports
(probably even more than are distributed with X).  If you just need a
scalable font to get the port to run, well, that's what the dependency
will provide. If those ports do in fact require the Type 1 fonts, well,
then that's a bug and please submit a PR.

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