Hello, I think it could be helpful to have some guidelines regarding fonts. I guess people specialized in fonts packaging are allready following more or less formal rules, but I have felt the need for guidelines when I package something and it has fonts within, or when there is a need for some fonts in a package. A font SIG or something similar than what is found at Packaging/Perl could be enough, since the lack may be more about a lack of information regarding font packaging than about a lack of formal rules, although I think that some advice could be best practices and then guidelines. What would be interesting in my opinion would be: - advices on when to package fonts and when not to package them - advice on acceptable font uses, depending on the font (I guess that bitmap fonts, truetype and Type? fonts shouldn't be used for the same tasks) - when to do subpackages - advice on fonts installation location (to my knowledge there is nothing on that subject in the FHS), depending on the font. - scriptlets for all the kind of fonts (truetype, Type? and bitmap) with more explanations about the scriptlets than what is today. An explanation on what subsystem begins aware of which font after which scriptlet is run would be a must in my opinion. - explanation on how to avoid messing with fonts provided in other packages Something along what is done for rpath, for example could be very usefull in my opinion, especially now that all the core package containing fonts are to be reviewed. It may be possible that even more coordination that packaging best practices are needed, to avoid messing with others fonts, I don't know the underlying technology enough, but some mail exchanges on (if I recall well on the fedora-devel-list) makes me think that way. Guidelines would certainly be a good start. -- Pat -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
