Hi, > > Doesn't this package install the same fonts as the msttcorefonts > > package?
> Not quite. The fonts distributed from the ROOT FTP server are not the > same version as the ones distributed with msttcorefonts. What's more > important is, that ROOT will not work with the fonts from msttcorefonts > (some change in layout or something). I have severe doubts over the releasability of this package in this form so I'm raising the bug to serious. Firstly I think it's rather undesirable to be duplicating another package already in the archive and duplicating fonts on the user's hard drive; it may even be considered serious. More imporantly, there's a reason that the msttcorefonts package ships these fonts in the current (convoluted) way, and that is that the licencing expressly denies alteration and even renaming of the fonts. That the package from the ROOT ftp site contains fonts that are said to be the same MS Core Fonts but are sufficiently different for ROOT to stop working, suggests to me that they are modified versions. I think this situation should be cleared up before we let the package enter testing. Perhaps upstream can clarify the licence status of these fonts. > that upstream supports very old Linux installations, as well as other Un*x > installations that does not have the same high level of font support as > GNU/Linux does. I understand that upstream also wants to support other UNIX variants, but why does that prevent detecting which system it runs on and using the right fonts for that? cheers, Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
