Re: debian/rules packaging problems

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 14:38, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > I have tried to make 6 Debian Packages from one source because I think 
> > they are to big and not all people want it. For each Package I have a 
> > file "debian/xfonts-arabeyes1-<typ>.dirs" created
>
> I really really don't like the fact that these fonts are not all in one
> directory. Especially that those directory names are meaningless (to me
> at least -- if they mean anything, someone please explain). I filed a
> bug report against this [1] but nothing has been done. Maybe I'm the
> only one who finds it annoying ;)
>
> [1] http://bugs.arabeyes.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65

They are not meaningless - the various fonts are grouped by the family
in which they belong (style, emphasis, look-n-feel, etc).  As for the
bug, I've noted in the past that its not something the font creators
should worry about (think about if/when someone shows-up that simply wants
to create/muck-with fonts and is not even into/using linux/unix and you'll
see what I mean).  The PR noted along with the various missing files should
be something the packager ought to put together and the hierarchy should be
worked around (I'm sure its not that big of a deal to have some hierarchy,
I've seen some font packages with them though I can't remember which ones).

Salam.

 - Nadim



		
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