On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 08:12:20PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to package foobillard (http://foobillard.sunsite.dk/) for > > debian. > > Looks nice. > > > a foobillard goes to non-free, which would be a pity. > > And people who have ttf-larabie-* installed will have some fonts > double, which is also bad. > > > 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 > > Maybe Erich Schubert is willing to split out the fonts you need in one > or two separate packages? Have you asked him?
No. Does it really make sense ? I mean, from what I have seen, lots of games include a few ttf-larabie fonts If these have to be split out every time a new game is packaged, it would be better to package all fonts individually, which would be a mess. > > 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. > > I don't think the game would lose its soul even with plain sans-serif > fonts (judging from the screenshots). That's true. > > 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 ? > > (d) is good but the most work. (c) is also quite acceptible. Of course > there's always the best <eg>: I finally chose (d). It wasn't too much work (about 20 lines of code have been changed) > (e) Convince Ray Larabie to use a free license. Maybe hu is content to > release under a must-rename-derivatives condition. But consult with > Erich and debian-legal first if you want to persue this. (Least > programming work, but may strain social muscles.) > > > Unfortunately, I do not know much about *roff. > > It's not that hard to pick up the few things you need from > groff_man(7) (kudos to Susan Kleinmann). Thanks for the pointer Frank > > -- > Robbe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
