> Hi guys,
>
> Okay, I guess it's time things got straightened out with regards to
> scalable fonts in Debian.
Woohoo! I agree.
> 1) To add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType to dexconf-generated
> XF86Config{,-4} files, to /etc/X11/fs/config, and to /etc/X11/XftConfig;
> 2) That maintainers of packages containing Type1, and TrueType fonts:
> A) install them to /usr/share/fonts/{truetype,type1,type3} as
> appropriate;
> B) provide fonts.scale files per existing Debian X Font Policy;
> C) symlink each individual font file (.pfa, .pfb, .afm, .ttf,
> etc.) from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/{Type1,TrueType} to
> /usr/share/fonts/{truetype,type1};
> D) invoke update-fonts-{alias,scale,dir} as prescribed in
> existing Debian Policy.
>
> For the time being, I propose that xfonts-scalable be grandfathered and
> permitted to install files directly into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
> though I may go ahead and change this before woody releases if testing
> demonstrates that I can do it without breaking anything.
>
> Is there anything I'm missing? Any comments on the above?
Perfectly sensible, and it allows me to close a serious bug (109490) without
doing anything! :) I agree 100%.
Eric
