Ludovic Courtès (2016-07-05 17:31 +0300) wrote: > Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> Ludovic Courtès (2016-07-02 17:34 +0300) wrote: >> >>> Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: >>> >>>> * guix/profiles.scm (fonts-dir-file): New procedure. >>>> (%default-profile-hooks): Add it. >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> A potential problem with this hook is that it pulls mkfontscale and >>> mkfontdir regardless of whether they are needed; I can’t really think of >>> a way to avoid it though. >> >> Yes, I also don't like it. We have the same problem with >> 'info-file-dir' hook: it always pulls texinfo and gzip, but not all >> profiles include info manuals. > > Yes, but I thought it was OK to make these mandatory dependencies. > > The closure of mkfontscale + mkfontdir is small; it’s slightly annoying > for someone building from source because you have to build a few X11 > libraries, but it’s not that much either (‘guix graph’ shows just a few > boxes.) > > So this hook is probably fine, after all. > > What do people think?
Since there were no objections in 2 weeks, I think it's OK to commit this 'fonts-dir-file' hook, right? -- Alex
