Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion

From: Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads_at_cox.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:12:48 -0500 (CDT)
On 24-Jul-2004 Eric Anholt wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 17:41, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
>> 
>> 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.

True.

> 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.

OK, I see.  That makes sense.  Enough about that.  :-)
  
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Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads_at_cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
Received on Sat Jul 24 2004 - 00:12:50 UTC

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