On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:57:37AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 06:29:47PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:08:30AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > * Some rewording to reflect the new must/should/may policy. > > This seems like a good idea, but why is the alternative unacceptable > > (must instead of should)? > Let's say my X server is configured thus: > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "big-honkin-font-server.mycompany.com:7100" > EndSection > > I install dosemu, which contains this MS-DOS console thing, and ships a > "vga" X font for the purpose. Dosemu doesn't work.
The same thing would occur if the .deb you'd installed hadn't contained the fonts. Certainly, having split packages would make it *easier* to cope with this, and that's a good reason to make it policy, but it's not enough of a reason to remove dosemu from the distribution. IMO. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
