Re: [Openfontlibrary] OFL site
The problem is not software. The problem is lack of contributors and patches. Jon On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 18:20 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Ben Weiner wrote: Hi, Nicolas Spalinger wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: I await ccHost 5 :-) Me too. So is the OFL site's relevance to the rest of the world - the things it provides, the views it promotes - going to stand or fall depending on somebody else's software launch schedule? Ben, I know of no other alternative to ccHost right now. (I don't take any custom solutions into consideration, because we have no budget for that) Alexandre ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA + Guangzhou + Beijing GLOBAL +1.415.830.3884 CHINA +86.1.360.282.8624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org IM/skype: kidproto Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] OFL site
Le Sam 5 juillet 2008 00:51, Dave Crossland a écrit : Other font repositories - such as CTAN, Debian, Fedora, etc - are directly relevant for the users of those systems. If you contribute to those repositories, OFLB will benefit from your efforts in the future - so if you want to feel a tangible sense of progress in the near future, I suggest joining the Debian or Fedora fonts team (the Fedora fonts team seems especially vigorous and is requesting contributions right now :-) Thank you for your kind words. I'll just add that Fedora has strict quality control procedures, so while we'd very much like more people to join the team we won't accept just any package. QA is more than it installs files in the right place, unfortunately for example many packages fail the legal part of the review. So don't expect just to fish any random font package on the Internet and get it in Fedora as-is. -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
[Openfontlibrary] OFL site
Hi, Nicolas Spalinger wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: I await ccHost 5 :-) Me too. So is the OFL site's relevance to the rest of the world - the things it provides, the views it promotes - going to stand or fall depending on somebody else's software launch schedule? I'm trying to see whether the site's going anywhere, because I wonder whether anybody apart from some of the list participants is interested in it. If not, I'll stop asking annoying questions and the site can just slip away into the past... What do the access logs tell us? [Don't worry, I'm not going to keep on needling - but I'm curious about the future of the OFL site and unless I am mistaken the only way it will have a future is if a significant proportion of the people on this list have a keen interest in it.] Cheers, Ben ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] OFL site
2008/7/4 Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nicolas Spalinger wrote: Dave Crossland wrote: I await ccHost 5 :-) Me too. So is the OFL site's relevance to the rest of the world - the things it provides, the views it promotes - going to stand or fall depending on somebody else's software launch schedule? Too gloomy, my friend :-) Other font repositories - such as CTAN, Debian, Fedora, etc - are directly relevant for the users of those systems. If you contribute to those repositories, OFLB will benefit from your efforts in the future - so if you want to feel a tangible sense of progress in the near future, I suggest joining the Debian or Fedora fonts team (the Fedora fonts team seems especially vigorous and is requesting contributions right now :-) I'm trying to see whether the site's going anywhere, You can take it somewhere. Mail me your SSH public key and I'll get you admin access to the server. On the wiki there is a task list you can work on. As you know, the most important task is adding font previewing, and ccHost v5 beta versions are complete enough that you can make useful progress with implementing a font preview plug-in for it. As I've said before, I can perhaps even fund your efforts if you're short on work. because I wonder whether anybody apart from some of the list participants is interested in it. There is demonstrably some interest from non-list-subscribers - fonts are uploaded, despite the low quality of the site. What do the access logs tell us? ... lrwxrwxrwx 1 rejon openclipart 59 Aug 22 2007 openfontlibrary.freedesktop.org-access.log ... $ tail openfontlibrary.freedesktop.org-access.log tail: cannot open `openfontlibrary.freedesktop.org-access.log' for reading: No such file or directory $ :-( [Don't worry, I'm not going to keep on needling - but I'm curious about the future of the OFL site and unless I am mistaken the only way it will have a future is if a significant proportion of the people on this list have a keen interest in it.] It has a future because the only way is up :-) -- Regards, Dave ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] OFL site
Hi, Dave Crossland wrote: 2008/7/4 Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So is the OFL site's relevance to the rest of the world - the things it provides, the views it promotes - going to stand or fall depending on somebody else's software launch schedule? snipped Other font repositories - such as CTAN, Debian, Fedora, etc - are directly relevant for the users of those systems. If you contribute to those repositories, OFLB will benefit from your efforts in the future - so if you want to feel a tangible sense of progress in the near future, I suggest joining the Debian or Fedora fonts team (the Fedora fonts team seems especially vigorous and is requesting contributions right now :-) Ace. I didn't grasp this, although thinking back over what I have read *on this list* it makes sense. I don't think I have seen it mentioned on the site. Cheers, Ben ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
Re: [Openfontlibrary] OFL site
2008/7/5 Ben Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ace. I didn't grasp this, although thinking back over what I have read *on this list* it makes sense. I don't think I have seen it mentioned on the site. Probably not, no - the site hasn't been updated in like, years. -- Regards, Dave ___ Openfontlibrary mailing list Openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/openfontlibrary
