On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 08:38:09PM -0600, Graham Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:25:50PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > This means that either : > > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. > > b The fonts are removed from the package, which gets foobillard to > > contrib, but with dependencies on ttf-larabie-straight and > > ttf-larabie-deco, both over 3 MB and 7 MB installed. This means one > > needs 17 MB diskspace instead of 1.3 MB > > c The fonts are replaced by free fonts. The upstream author would > > prefer not to do this, so this would be a debian-specific change. > > Also, it is not easy to find good-looking free decorative fonts. > > d solution (c), but use the original non-free fonts if they happen to > > be installed (maybe with a Suggests:). This would require some work. > > > > What would be the best solution here ? > > i think (c) would be the best, because it makes the package entirely > free.
Well, yes, but you need to find good free fonts, and there is also the matter of the upstream author wish. (c) with a possibility to fallback to the original (non-free) fonts would maybe be the best solution, but as Frank said, it is more work. Friendly, Sven Luther > > -- > gram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
