[Debian GNUstep maintainers] GNUstep and defoma

[Eric Heintzmann]

G=FCrkan Seng=FCn wrote:

> Angus was looking for debian packagers on #gnustep the other day...
> "i can't remember why i didn't pass it over to you guys earlier
> http://people.debian.org/~gus/gnustep.defoma
> you want to put that into /usr/share/defoma/scripts/  (and make it=20
> executable of course)
> yes, or even some core package (it doesn't use mknfonts at all)
> you'll want to test it first (since like i said there's probably some=20
> problem with it)
> so just plonk it into that dir and then run "defoma-app update gnustep"
> let me know if it works at all (i've only looked at the generated=20
> nfont files and compared them with what i think they should be)
> i create all the files in /var/lib/defoma/gnustep.d/ and then symlink=20
> them from /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Fonts
> I feel a bit dirty about writing auto-generated stuff to /usr/lib, so=20
> if GNUstep ever comes up with a way to search=20
> /var/lib/defoma/gnustep.d directly
> then it would be best to change things a little
> cool. let me know if it actually works ;)"
>
> Eric, what do you think?

It looks okay but I have to fully test it.
Maybe the way that it generates/updates property list could be improved.

    Eric