Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:55:26 -0700 From: Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu> To: conrads@cox.net Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion Message-ID: <1090630526.44506.9.camel@leguin> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20040723194122.conrads@cox.net> References: <XFMail.20040723194122.conrads@cox.net>
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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. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org
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