On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:21, Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net wrote:
Le Mer 18 mars 2009 21:55, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) a écrit :
Hi !
I've just been assigned a bug report on a font package I maintain in Fedora [1].
Is there a way for me to patch the TTF file ? Does this belong upstream, so I should report it to the font developer ?
Even though we have the possibility to change all the fonts we ship this should be a last resort. Having the same font behave in different ways in Fedora than in other systems is an interoperability problems.
Yes, I just didn't know if this was an issue in the packaging or in the packaged software.
You (and Oracan and Parag) answered this question :)
Also, user requests can be misguided. They often ask to reintroduce old bugs they know how to workaround, to avoid new correct behaviours some apps may not know how to handle yet.
I contacted upstream and raised the concern. They might be able to answer this.
However, are you implying that this particular issue is misguided ? Or is this really a bug that needs fixing ?
When in doubt you should ask knowledgeable people on irc (behdad in #fedora-dekstop, eimai and moyogo in #dejavu) if a request is a good idea and how it should be best taken care of. The dejavu people can be very helpful to people discovering fontforge BTW.
Ok, I thought this mailing list was the best one, but thanks for the tips :)
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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)
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