Ah, I guessed it was a feature now and I like it, it just threw me the first time.
On Friday, April 29, 2022, Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 02:37:39PM -0500, Christopher Turkel wrote: > > I'm on OpenBSD AMD64 7.1, fresh install > > I noticed when adding fonts via pkg_add it no longer prints out "You may > > wish to...." after installation is finished. > > It's related to the evolution of X windows. > > Quite a few years ago, fonts were mostly handled server-side. > > Keith Packard started a large change in X fonts a few years ago. > > Most modern applications deal with X fonts client side. > > The rationale behind the change is that people who deal with > server-side font info will know about the way to change the > server path. > > Most new font directories are related to new applications, so > those messages were irrelevant. > > > Side note: there's a big focus from some people in OpenBSD > to keeping tools mostly silent (as opposed to the awfully > chatty linux thingies). Sometimes, this has disproportionate > consequences. End users do see those messages, whereas there's > a HUGE amount of churn in the tools that DON'T end in any visible > messages and has FAR MORE REACHING consequences to the quality > of those tools. ;) >
