I created a 'low-standard-guix' repository and moved the submitted package there, for now :-)
https://github.com/yugawara/low-standard-guix/blob/master/README.md Again, when I get time, let me see if I can properly package Cascadia Code fonts! Cheers, Yasu On Sun, 2021-01-10 at 19:56 +0900, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: > Hi Leo, > > Understood, and this level of scrutiny is actually an encouraging > sign that Guix has standards! 😄 > > I am happy enough to have it this way for my personal use for > now. Later, when I have more time, let me revisit. > > I have not experimented with this yet but I also understand I can > create a separate repository as well. Maybe that will also do😄 > > Regards, > Yasu > > > On Jan 10, 2021, at 19:38, Leo Prikler < > > leo.prik...@student.tugraz.at> wrote: > > > > Hi Yasu, > > > > I don't think it'll be so simple. It appears, that nerd-fonts > > already > > includes – or at least has the potential to include – some non-free > > glyphs, which would in turn then be part of Cascadia. An instance > > would be pomicons [1], which are licensed as CC BY-NC-ND. A > > reviewer > > would first have to verify, that Cascadia is indeed wholly covered > > under the OFL or at least under a set of free licenses. > > > > Yes, it sucks having to put that much effort into packaging a font, > > but > > if you just want to have a workable font for programming, there are > > probably better solutions than Cascadia, some of which are already > > packaged in Guix – e.g. font-fira-code. > > > > Regards, > > Leo > > > > [1] https://github.com/gabrielelana/pomicons > > > > Am Sonntag, den 10.01.2021, 19:11 +0900 schrieb Yasuaki Kudo: > > > Thank you for your comments! > > > > > > Because I don't have a lot of time, is it ok to just re-format > > > the > > > original submission, get it committed with the comment that the > > > package needs to be compiled rather than copied, when someone (or > > > I) > > > wants to so properly? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Yasu > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 10, 2021, at 18:16, Leo Prikler < > > > > leo.prik...@student.tugraz.at> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello Vincent, > > > > > > > > there is no .tar of the fonts however, that's a source tarball > > > > generated by github. To be fair, one should probably build > > > > this > > > > font > > > > (and other fonts) from source instead. In particular, we might > > > > want to > > > > package nerd-fonts[1] first, since Cascadia appears to be an > > > > iteration > > > > of it. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Leo > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts > > > > > > > >