On Mon 13 Jan 2014 at 22:22:02 +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Package: fontconfig-config > Version: 2.11.0-2 > Severity: minor > > Hi, > > in the list of alternative dependencies the "fonts-freefont" package appears. > However, this package does not exist in Debian, I guess you meant fonts- > freefont-ttf instead. While at it, please add fonts-croscore as another > dependency and maybe even fonts-texgyre. Both provide replacements for the > most > common font sets, c.f. 30-metric-aliases.conf.
What militates against having fonts-freefont-ttf as a dependency? As it stands the fonts-freefont entry may as well not be there. After three years one would expect a justification for including something that doesn't work. The texttopdf filter used with the printing system requires a monospaced font. Freemono provides better coverage of glyphs than DejaVuSansMono. Why have to jump through hoops to have Freefont used on the system for printing when the other three dependency packages are not installed? Drop the fonts-freefonts dependency and do not replace it if you wish, At least we would know where we stand. -- Brian.
