Re: [pkgdb] google-lato-fonts (un)retirement

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Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 1 October 2012 14:37, Paul Flo Williams <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Fedora PackageDB wrote:
>>> Package google-lato-fonts in Fedora devel has been retired by
>>> melmorabity
>>
>> Does anyone have a clue about this? I don't recall a message on
>> devel, and I can't see any obvious reason why it would be
>> retired instead of orphaned.
>
> Perhaps because Google is just another distributor, not the foundry?

Packages are retired when they become unmaintainable or are replaced by a
better alternative, not because they are poorly named. Our use of the word
"foundry" is rather loose in many font package names.

-- 
Paul Flo Williams
http://hisdeedsaredust.com

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