[Pkg-fonts-devel] Again: location of WOFF[2] files (Was: Update for fonts-sil-annapurna)

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Fabian Greffrath (2017-06-27 12:21:53)
> Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> I disagree that adding a configfile to the Debian package constitutes 
>> "severe functional deviation", and I find it plain wrong to scatter 
>> fonts around in the system to please fontconfig.
>
> I am also against scattering around font files, that's why I am trying 
> to find a consensus for the one right destination. Also, one prominent 
> developer spoke up in the upstream bug report and stated that he would 
> be "pissed off" if fontconfig wouldn't register the files that he 
> threw at him.
> 
> So, I think we should not globally disable fontfconfig registering 
> WOFF files in Debian without an acknowledgement from the upstream 
> developers and "hiding" them in a reasonable location is a better 
> alternative than either not installing them at all or having 
> fontconfig register them nevertheless.

I suggest this:

  * Put WOFF files below /usr/share/fonts/woff/
  * Add snippet to fontconfig-config ignoring *.woff files
    + Root user can change default using debconf
    + Any user can enable using manual custom configfile edit 

If I understand you correctly, you suggest this:

  * Put WOFF files below e.g. /usr/share/fonts-woff/
    + Any user can enable using manual custom configfile edit 


How is your approach less prone of pissing off prominent users?

How is your approach less scattering fonts around than mine?

We could have even more ways to change things with this approach:

  * Put WOFF files below /usr/share/fonts/woff/
  * Add snippet to fontconfig-config-no-woff ignoring *.woff files
  * Have woff font packages recommend fontconfig-config-no-woff
    + Root user can avoid installing fontconfig-config-no-woff
    + Root user can change default using debconf
    + Any user can enable using manual custom configfile edit 

...but I find that to be too much work for too little gain.


 - Jonas

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