On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:21, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Le Mer 18 mars 2009 21:55, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) a écrit : >> >> Hi ! >> >> I've just been assigned a bug report on a font package I maintain in >> Fedora [1]. > >> Is there a way for me to patch the TTF file ? Does this belong >> upstream, so I should report it to the font developer ? > > Even though we have the possibility to change all the fonts we ship > this should be a last resort. Having the same font behave in different > ways in Fedora than in other systems is an interoperability problems. Yes, I just didn't know if this was an issue in the packaging or in the packaged software. You (and Oracan and Parag) answered this question :) > Also, user requests can be misguided. They often ask to reintroduce > old bugs they know how to workaround, to avoid new correct behaviours > some apps may not know how to handle yet. I contacted upstream and raised the concern. They might be able to answer this. However, are you implying that this particular issue is misguided ? Or is this really a bug that needs fixing ? > When in doubt you should ask knowledgeable people on irc (behdad in > #fedora-dekstop, eimai and moyogo in #dejavu) if a request is a good > idea and how it should be best taken care of. The dejavu people can be > very helpful to people discovering fontforge BTW. Ok, I thought this mailing list was the best one, but thanks for the tips :) ---------- Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ Fedora-fonts-list mailing list Fedora-fonts-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-fonts-list
