Bart Smaalders wrote:
> 
>> contrariwise, handling font packages, even with SVR4, is trivial 
>> anyways. You just deliver the files in some kind of "font" class, and 
>> have a class action script run at the end.
>>
> 
> Except during live upgrade, when the older OS version needs to be
> able to handle the font actions on the new OS.
> 

I'm not INTIMATELY familiar with live upgrade, but I would hope that it 
would handle things sensibly, yet following the standards.
Font class action scripts belong at the OS level.
All that is neccessary, is to declare the font file in class "font" instead 
of class "none".

Then when the package is installed on "older" OSes, the right thing happens, 
due to the class action hopefully in that OS.
Whereas on "newer" OS revs, they should have more up to date class action 
scripts or equivalent with them. So again, "the right thing happens".

All live update has to do, is trigger the "new" class action scripts on the 
"new" OS.



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