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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:21:58 +0200
From:      Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r482482 - head/x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf
Message-ID:  <1540041718.917168.1548689632.46E304E9@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <20181020130408.GH28932@graf.pompo.net>
References:  <201810201026.w9KAQhHN077740@repo.freebsd.org> <1540032055.882466.1548613400.169F7593@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20181020130408.GH28932@graf.pompo.net>

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On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, at 15:04, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le sam. 20 oct. 18 =C3=A0 12:40:55 +0200, Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@FreeBSD.=
org>
>  =C3=A9crivait :
>=20
> > On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, at 12:26, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> > > Author: thierry
> > > Date: Sat Oct 20 10:26:43 2018
> > > New Revision: 482482
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/482482
> > >=20
> > > Log:
> > >   - Upstream switched to GitHub
> > >=20=20=20
> > >   - Upgrade to 2.00.3 and build it.
> >=20
> > [1] shows that there is a release tarball with prebuilt font files [2].
> > What's the benefit of building the fonts ourselves?
> >=20
> > [1] https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/releases
> > [2] https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts/files/2012634/l=
iberation-fonts-ttf-2.00.3.tar.gz
>=20
> Yes, there is, but a GH_DISTNAME macro is missing from our GH_ stuff,
> and I do not want to handle a specific MASTER_SITES for that.

So everyone is forced to live with additional build dependencies
for a tiny bit of extra maintainer convenience?  :-(

Building fontforge is not something you'd have to do to build a
package set for a FreeBSD desktop normally.

> Furthermore it is now possible to get other formats (woff, etc.) if
> someone needs them.

Has someone actually requested it? Anyway this could be a non-default
option in the port.

> The disadvantage is only some BUILD_DEPENDS for ports builders, but
> these are light ports.

These things add up fast.



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